Weekly corn inspections notch notable weekly decline

Corn and soybean inspections during week ended Dec. 7 declined 464,719 MT and 188,847 MT, respectively, while wheat inspections rose nearly 95,000 MT.

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(Chip Flory)

USDA’s Weekly Grain Export Inspections

Week Ended Dec. 7, 2023

Corn

Actual (MT)

711,733

Expectations (MT)

700,000-1,175,000

Comments

Export inspections are down 464,719 MT from last week’s tally. Inspections are running 28.1% ahead of a year ago, compared to 24.0% ahead last week. USDA projects exports in 2023-24 at 2.025 billion bu., 21.9% above the previous marketing year.

Wheat

Actual (MT)

281,697

Expectations (MT)

190,000-400,000

Comments

Export inspections are up 93,742 MT from the previous week’s figure. Shipments are running 22.7% behind a year-ago, compared to 23.8% last week. USDA projects exports in 2023-24 at 700 million bu., down 7.8% from the previous marketing year.

Soybeans

Actual (MT)

984,410

Expectations (MT)

700,000-1,600,000

Comments

Export inspections are down 188,847 MT from last week’s tally. Inspections are running 16.2% behind a year ago, compared to 13.7% behind last week. USDA’s 2023-24 export forecast of 1.755 billion bu., which is 11.9% below 2023-22.