Weekly corn inspections prove solid

Weekly corn inspections during week ended Nov. 30 totaled 1.16 MMT, exceeding the pre-report range by nearly 260,000 MT, while wheat and soybean inspections each fell short of respective pre-report ranges.

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(Chip Flory)

USDA’s Weekly Grain Export Inspections

Week Ended Nov. 30, 2023

Corn

Actual (MT)

1,158,086

Expectations (MT)

350,000-900,000

Comments

Export inspections are up 749,201 MT from last week’s tally. Inspections are running 24.0% ahead of a year ago, compared to 24.9% ahead last week. USDA projects exports in 2023-24 at 2.025 billion bu., 21.9% above the previous marketing year.

Wheat

Actual (MT)

187,955

Expectations (MT)

225,000-350,000

Comments

Export inspections are down 100,503 MT from the previous week’s figure. Shipments are running 23.8% behind a year-ago, compared to 23.2% last week. USDA projects exports in 2023-24 at 700 million bu., down 7.8% from the previous marketing year.

Soybeans

Actual (MT)

1,108,864

Expectations (MT)

1,250,000-2,000,000

Comments

Export inspections are down 464,425 MT from last week’s tally. Inspections are running 13.7% behind a year ago, compared to 10.9% behind last week. USDA’s 2023-24 export forecast of 1.755 billion bu., which is 11.9% below 2023-22.