Weekly corn inspections surpass pre-report expectations

Weekly corn inspections during the week ended Feb. 22 totaled 1.242 MMT, exceeding the pre-report range by over 91,000 MT and rose nearly 190,000 MT from the previous week.

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(Chip Flory)

USDA’s Weekly Grain Export Inspections

Week Ended Feb. 22, 2024

Corn

Actual (MT)

1,241,692

Expectations (MT)

550,000-1,150,000

Comments

Export inspections are up 189,447 MT from last week’s tally. Inspections are running 35.5% ahead of a year ago, compared to 32.0% ahead last week. USDA projects exports in 2023-24 at 2.100 billion bu., 26.4% above the previous marketing year.

Wheat

Actual (MT)

481,999

Expectations (MT)

250,000-525,000

Comments

Export inspections are up 62,221 MT from the previous week’s figure. Shipments are running 17.6% behind a year-ago, compared to 17.5% behind last week. USDA projects exports in 2023-24 at 725 million bu., down 4.5% from the previous marketing year.

Soybeans

Actual (MT)

974,977

Expectations (MT)

600,000-1,300,000

Comments

Export inspections are down 316,435 MT from last week’s tally. Inspections are running 21.6% behind a year ago, compared to 22.8% behind last week. USDA’s 2023-24 export forecast of 1.720 billion bu., which is 13.7% below 2022-23.