Corn, soybean export inspections notably fade behind last year’s

Weekly export inspections for week ended Oct. 6 reported corn, beans, and wheat within expectations, however corn and bean inspections are now notably behind last year’s, at 9.4% and 23% behind, respectively.

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(Farm Journal)

USDA’s Weekly Grain Export Inspections

Week Ended Oct. 6, 2022

Corn

Actual (MT)

457,366

Expectations (MT)

400,000-725,000

Comments

Export inspections are down 215,469 MT from last week’s tally. Inspections are running 9.4% behind a year-ago, compared to 3.9% ahead last week. USDA projects exports in 2022-23 at 2.375 billion bu., 3.1% below the previous marketing year.

Wheat

Actual (MT)

614,371

Expectations (MT)

400,000-750,000

Comments

Export inspections are 53,206 MT lower than the previous week’s figure. Shipments are running 0.7% behind year-ago, compared with 2.7% behind year-ago last week. USDA projects exports in 2022-23 at 825 million bu., up 3.1% from the previous marketing year.

Soybeans

Actual (MT)

969,212

Expectations (MT)

400,000-1,250,000

Comments

Export inspections are up 383,941 MT from last week’s tally. Inspections are running 23% behind a year ago, compared to 3.2% behind last week. USDA’s 2022-23 export forecast of 2.155 billion bu. is 0.2% below 2021-22.