Strong weekly soybean inspections; corn shy of expectations

Weekly soybean inspections during the week ended Feb. 1, rose more than 500,000 MT from the previous week and above the pre-report range. Meanwhile, corn inspections dropped 300,000 MT on the week.

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(Chip Flory)

USDA’s Weekly Grain Export Inspections

Week Ended Feb. 1, 2024

Corn

Actual (MT)

624,295

Expectations (MT)

750,000-1,200,000

Comments

Export inspections are down 302,054 MT from last week’s tally. Inspections are running 29.8% ahead of a year ago, compared to 29.8% ahead last week. USDA projects exports in 2023-24 at 2.100 billion bu., 26.4% above the previous marketing year.

Wheat

Actual (MT)

266,269

Expectations (MT)

250,000-500,000

Comments

Export inspections are down 17,520 MT from the previous week’s figure. Shipments are running 18.4% behind a year-ago, compared to 16.9% behind last week. USDA projects exports in 2023-24 at 725 million bu., down 4.5% from the previous marketing year.

Soybeans

Actual (MT)

1,426,472

Expectations (MT)

450,000-900,000

Comments

Export inspections are up 513,024 MT from last week’s tally. Inspections are running 26.3% behind a year ago, compared to 23.6% behind last week. USDA’s 2023-24 export forecast of 1.755 billion bu., which is 10.9% below 2022-23.