Weekly corn inspections fall short of expectations

Weekly corn inspections fall short of pre-report estimates, while corn and wheat inspections land near the lower-end of their respective ranges.

USDA Weekly Export Sales Report
USDA Weekly Export Sales Report
(Pro Farmer)

USDA’s Weekly Grain Export Inspections

Week Ended May 4, 2023

Corn

Actual (MT)

963,351

Expectations (MT)

1,000,000-1,550,000

Comments

Export inspections are down 555,218 MT from last week’s tally. Inspections are running 34.7% behind a year-ago, compared to 34.7% behind last week. USDA projects exports in 2022-23 at 1.850 billion bu., 25.1% below the previous marketing year.

Wheat

Actual (MT)

209,138

Expectations (MT)

200,000-500,000

Comments

Export inspections are down 149,135 MT from the previous week’s figure. Shipments are running 3.0% behind a year-ago, compared with 2.8% 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)

394,755

Expectations (MT)

300,000-600,000

Comments

Export inspections are down 13,218 MT from last week’s tally. Inspections are running 0.2% ahead of a year ago, compared to 0.4% ahead last week. USDA’s 2022-23 export forecast of 2.015 billion bu. is 6.6% below 2021-22.