During the week ended Jan. 18, weekly corn and soybean inspections dropped 233,127 MT and 117,068 MT, respectively, while wheat inspections rose 72,112 MT from the previous week’s totals.
USDA reported weekly export sales of 1.25 MMT during the weekend ended Jan. 11, exceeding the top end pre-report range by 50,000 MT, while wheat sales exceeded expectations by 200,000 MT.
USDA reported weekly export inspections of 1.264 MMT soybeans during the week ended Jan. 11, which rose 224,000 MT from the previous week. Meanwhile, corn and wheat inspections declined on the week.
USDA pegged total U.S. corn and soybean production at 15.342 billion bu. and 4.165 billion bu., respectively amid a 2.4 bu. and 0.7 bu. bump in the national corn and soybean average yield estimate from November.
Weekly soybean, wheat and soymeal sales fell short of expectations for the week ended Jan. 4, while corn sales were near the low-end of the pre-report range.
During the week ended Jan. 4, weekly wheat inspections topped pre-report estimates by over 140,000 MT, while soybean inspections were just shy of the pre-report range of 700,000 MT to 1.125 MMT.
Weekly corn, wheat and soybean sales each missed pre-report expectations for the week ended Dec. 28, while corn and soybean sales slid to a marketing-year low.
Weekly corn inspections during week ended Dec. 28 were down over 650,000 MT from the previous week to 570,000 MT. Wheat and soybean inspections were also down 187,000 MT and 156,000 MT, respectively.
