Corn, soybean export inspections prove notable

Corn and soybean export inspections were well above the previous week, topping pre-report expectations by nearly 75,000 MT and 150,000 MT, respectively. Wheat inspections were near top-end estimates of 400,000 MT.

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(Farm Journal)

USDA’s Weekly Grain Export Inspections

Week Ended Jan. 12, 2022

Corn

Actual (MT)

774,461

Expectations (MT)

400,000-700,000

Comments

Export inspections are up 373,353 MT from last week’s tally. Inspections are running 29.7% behind a year-ago, compared to 29.0% behind last week. USDA projects exports in 2022-23 at 1.925 billion bu., 22.0% below the previous marketing year.

Wheat

Actual (MT)

320,473

Expectations (MT)

150,000-400,000

Comments

Export inspections are up 110,929 MT from the previous week’s figure. Shipments are running 3.1% behind a year-ago, compared with 2.7% behind a year-ago last week. USDA projects exports in 2022-23 at 775 million bu., down 3.1% from the previous marketing year.

Soybeans

Actual (MT)

2,075,197

Expectations (MT)

900,000-1,925,000

Comments

Export inspections are up 618,671 MT from last week’s tally. Inspections are running 4.4% behind a year ago, compared to 5.4% behind last week. USDA’s 2022-23 export forecast of 1.990 billion bu. is 8.0% below 2021-22.