Weekly export inspections for Dec. 8, revealed corn and wheat on the shallow-end of expectations, while soybeans proved mid-range. Each were notably lower than the previous week’s data.
Corn ending stocks landed on the higher end of pre-report expectations due to a reduction in exports, while soybean ending stocks were unchanged. However, corn world ending stocks proved short of pre-report estimates.
Weekly export sales for week ended Dec. 1 reported soybean sales over 1.7 MMT, topping expectations by over 500,000 MT and were up over 1 MMT from the previous week. Corn landed mid-range at 691,600 MT.
Wheat export inspections for week ended Dec. 1 proved solid, topping expectations by nearly 35 MT, and up over 50 MT from the previous week. Corn inspections were mid-range, and up by almost 213,000 MT week over week.
Weekly export sales for week ended Nov. 24 revealed wheat missing low end expectations by over 140,000 MT, while corn and bean sales landed just above their respective low-end estimates.
Corn export inspections missed low-end expectations by nearly 100,000 MT, while wheat was just shy. Soybean export inspections were notable, but below last week’s figure by over 400,000 MT.
Corn ended the abbreviated session higher despite an overall negative tone in grains as well as outside markets.
Soybean export sales cooled off for week ended Nov. 17 after the previous week’s large 3 MMT figure. Corn export sales land at over 1.8 MMT, still on the low-end of expectations, with wheat short of top-end by 88 MT.
Export inspections for week ended Nov. 17 revealed soybeans and wheat near top-end expectations, while corn landed mid-range.
Weekly soybean export sales for week ended Nov. 10 almost double top-end expectations of 1.7 MMT, while corn sales of nearly 1.2 MMT proved shy of top-end estimates by 230 MT.

Hillari Mason