Weekly corn, wheat inspections rise on the week

For the week ended Feb., USDA showed corn and wheat inspections up 230,000 MT and 112,000 from the previous week, while soybean inspections fell 420,000 MT after a 320,000 MT upward revision to last week’s figure.

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(Chip Flory)

USDA’s Weekly Grain Export Inspections

Week Ended Feb. 8, 2024

Corn

Actual (MT)

880,074

Expectations (MT)

425,000-950,000

Comments

Export inspections are up 234,580 MT from last week’s tally. Inspections are running 31.1% ahead of a year ago, compared to 29.8% ahead last week. USDA projects exports in 2023-24 at 2.100 billion bu., 26.4% above the previous marketing year.

Wheat

Actual (MT)

407,476

Expectations (MT)

200,000-500,000

Comments

Export inspections are up 111,936 MT from the previous week’s figure. Shipments are running 18.0% behind a year-ago, compared to 18.4% behind last week. USDA projects exports in 2023-24 at 725 million bu., down 4.5% from the previous marketing year.

Soybeans

Actual (MT)

1,326,243

Expectations (MT)

600,000-1,450,000

Comments

Export inspections are down 424,378 MT from last week’s tally. Inspections are running 22.7% behind a year ago, compared to 26.3% behind last week. USDA’s 2023-24 export forecast of 1.720 billion bu., which is 13.7% below 2022-23.