Weekly corn, wheat inspections top pre-report expectations

USDA showed weekly corn inspections of 1.082 MMT for week ended Dec. 21, topping the pre-report range by over 150,000 MT.

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(Chip Flory)

USDA’s Weekly Grain Export Inspections

Week Ended Dec. 21, 2023

Corn

Actual (MT)

1,081,777

Expectations (MT)

450,000-925,000

Comments

Export inspections are up 121,925 MT from last week’s tally. Inspections are running 26.0% ahead of a year ago, compared to 26.8% ahead last week. USDA projects exports in 2023-24 at 2.100 billion bu., 26.4% above the previous marketing year.

Wheat

Actual (MT)

428,663

Expectations (MT)

250,000-400,000

Comments

Export inspections are up 143,871 MT from the previous week’s figure. Shipments are running 21.0% behind a year-ago, compared to 22.0% behind last week. USDA projects exports in 2023-24 at 725 million bu., down 4.5% from the previous marketing year.

Soybeans

Actual (MT)

1,070,411

Expectations (MT)

800,000-1,585,000

Comments

Export inspections are down 354,601 MT from last week’s tally. Inspections are running 18.5% behind a year ago, compared to 17.0% behind last week. USDA’s 2023-24 export forecast of 1.755 billion bu., which is 10.9% below 2022-23.