Weekly wheat inspections gather steam

Wheat inspections during the week ended July 11 topped pre-report expectations and are outpacing year-ago by 26.3%. Corn inspections also proved noteworthy at 1.08 MMT.

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(Chip Flory)


USDA’s Weekly Grain Export Inspections

Week Ended July 11, 2024

Corn

Actual (MT)

1,078,911

Expectations (MT)

800,000-1,100,000

Comments

Export inspections are up 55,006 MT from last week’s tally. Inspections are running 31.3% ahead of a year ago, compared to 29.7% ahead last week. USDA projects exports in 2023-24 at 2.225 billion bu., 33.9% above the previous marketing year.

Wheat

Actual (MT)

533,828

Expectations (MT)

275,000-500,000

Comments

Export inspections are up 190,469 MT from the previous week’s figure. Shipments are running 26.3% ahead of a year-ago. USDA projects exports in 2024-25 at 825 million bu., up 16.7% from the previous marketing year.

Soybeans

Actual (MT)

168,593

Expectations (MT)

200,000-400,000

Comments

Export inspections are down 125,616 MT from last week’s tally. Inspections are running 15.8% behind a year ago, compared to 15.9% behind last week. USDA’s 2023-24 export forecast of 1.700 billion bu., which is 14.1% below 2022-23.