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Another solid week for corn export inspections
U.S. export inspections were larger than last year. The USDA says corn continued to leave U.S. ports at a fast pace during the week ending April 30th, reflecting the strong global demand about three quarters of the way through the marketing year. Soybean inspections were solid but continue to trail the year ago pace because of lower demand from China. Sorghum was sharply higher thanks to comparatively better demand from China for that commodity. Wheat inspections were up modestly on the year, remaining on track to meet USDA projections. The USDA’s next round of supply and demand estimates is out May 12th.
The 2025/26 marketing year began June 1st for wheat and September 1st for beans, corn, and sorghum.
Wheat came out at 434,204 tons, up 64,457 from the week ending April 23rd and 22,393 from the week ending May 1st, 2025. The main destinations were Mexico and Indonesia. Just outside of the final month of the 2025/26 marketing year, wheat inspections are 22,294,802 tons, compared to 19,913,523 in 2024/25.
Corn was reported at 2,027,942 tons, 371,277 higher than the previous week and 411,136 above a year ago. The leading destinations were Mexico and Japan. Approaching the last quarter of the marketing year, corn inspections are 55,482,062 tons, compared to 42,524,073 this time last year.
Soybeans were pegged at 450,145 tons, 188,158 less than the prior week, but 114,460 more than last year. The top destinations were China and Indonesia. So far, this marketing year, soybean inspections are 33,269,587 tons, compared to 43,501,466 a year ago.
Sorghum inspections totaled 143,302 tons, a decrease of 39,208 on the week, but an increase of 132,125 on the year. The biggest single destination was China, followed distantly by Japan. 2025/26 sorghum inspections are 3,654,648 tons, compared to 1,673,137 in 2024/25.
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