Weekly corn inspections prove notable

Weekly corn inspections for the week ended April 18 exceeded pre-report estimates by 120,000 MT, while soybeans and wheat were within expectations.

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(Chip Flory)

USDA’s Weekly Grain Export Inspections

Week Ended April 18, 2024

Corn

Actual (MT)

1,623,532

Expectations (MT)

850,000-1,500,000

Comments

Export inspections are up 270,017 MT from last week’s tally. Inspections are running 35.5% ahead of a year ago, compared to 33.7% ahead last week. USDA projects exports in 2023-24 at 2.100 billion bu., 26.4% above the previous marketing year.

Wheat

Actual (MT)

450,275

Expectations (MT)

300,000-650,000

Comments

Export inspections are down 169,864 MT from the previous week’s figure. Shipments are running 8.0% behind a year-ago, compared to 9.0% behind last week. USDA projects exports in 2023-24 at 710 million bu., down 6.5% from the previous marketing year.

Soybeans

Actual (MT)

435,256

Expectations (MT)

300,000-500,000

Comments

Export inspections are down 11,314 MT from last week’s tally. Inspections are running 18.2% behind a year ago, compared to 18.5% behind last week. USDA’s 2023-24 export forecast of 1.700 billion bu., which is 14.7% below 2022-23.