Weekly soybean inspections falter; corn, wheat steady

Weekly corn inspections in week ended May 11, rose nearly 200,000 MT on the week, while wheat inspections increased 27,731 MT. Soybeans missed pre-report estimates and were down 250,000 MT from the previous week.

USDA Weekly Export Sales Report
USDA Weekly Export Sales Report
(Pro Farmer)

USDA’s Weekly Grain Export Inspections

Week Ended May 11, 2023

Corn

Actual (MT)

1,173,783

Expectations (MT)

700,000-1,200,000

Comments

Export inspections are up 199,333 MT from last week’s tally. Inspections are running 33.4% behind a year-ago, compared to 34.7% behind last week. USDA projects exports in 2022-23 at 1.850 billion bu., 25.1% below the previous marketing year.

Wheat

Actual (MT)

242,269

Expectations (MT)

125,000-350,000

Comments

Export inspections are up 27,731 MT from the previous week’s figure. Shipments are running 3.4% behind a year-ago, compared with 3.0% behind a year-ago last week. USDA projects exports in 2022-23 at 775 million bu., down 3.1% from the previous marketing year.

Soybeans

Actual (MT)

147,897

Expectations (MT)

150,000-500,000

Comments

Export inspections are down 249,894 MT from last week’s tally. Inspections are running 1.1% behind a year ago, compared to 0.2% ahead last week. USDA’s 2022-23 export forecast of 2.015 billion bu. is 6.6% below 2021-22.