Weekly soybean, wheat inspections rise on the week

Soybeans inspected for export during the week ended June 13 rose 100,000 MT from the previous week, while wheat inspections rose modestly. Meanwhile, corn inspections were notable, but fell 54,000 MT on the week.

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(Chip Flory)

USDA’s Weekly Grain Export Inspections

Week Ended June 13, 2024

Corn

Actual (MT)

1,286,893

Expectations (MT)

900,000-1,400,000

Comments

Export inspections are down 53,862 MT from last week’s tally. Inspections are running 26.5% ahead of a year ago, compared to 25.8% ahead last week. USDA projects exports in 2023-24 at 2.150 billion bu., 29.4% above the previous marketing year.

Wheat

Actual (MT)

374,637

Expectations (MT)

250,000-450,000

Comments

Export inspections are up 23,235 MT from the previous week’s figure. Shipments are running 21.2% ahead of year-ago, compared to 6.9% behind last week. USDA projects exports in 2024-25 at 800 million bu., up 3.2% from the previous marketing year.

Soybeans

Actual (MT)

334,237

Expectations (MT)

200,000-400,000

Comments

Export inspections are up 100,176 MT from last week’s tally. Inspections are running 16.6% behind a year ago, compared to 17.0% behind last week. USDA’s 2023-24 export forecast of 1.700 billion bu., which is 14.7% below 2022-23.