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Corn export inspections maintain strong push
Corn export inspections remain on pace to meet USDA’s estimate for the current marketing year. The USDA says the top destinations for U.S. corn during the week ending August 13th were key trading partners Mexico and Japan, both of which import primarily for livestock feed usage. While sorghum and soybeans were both down on the week and year, they also topped the respective needed levels, while wheat fell short. The USDA’s next round of supply and demand numbers is out September 11th.
The 2025/26 marketing year began September 1st for beans, corn, and sorghum, and 2026/27 kicked off June 1st for wheat.
Wheat came out at 493,401 tons, up 7,477 from the week ending August 6th and 90,379 from the week ending August 14th, 2025. The main destinations were Japan and Mexico. Late in the first quarter of the 2026/27 marketing year, wheat inspections are 3,889,608 tons, compared to 4,819,292 in 2025/26.
Corn was reported at 1,911,000 tons, an increase of 150,596 from the previous week and 859,305 from a year ago. The primary destinations were Mexico and Japan. Closing in on the end of the 2025/26 marketing year, corn inspections are 80,950,870 tons, compared to 64,220,576 in 2024/25.
Soybeans were pegged at 270,201 tons, down 139,308 from the week before and 232,617 from this time last year. The leading destinations were Japan and Egypt. So far, this marketing year, soybean inspections are 40,036,297 tons, compared to 48,295,124 a year ago.
Sorghum inspections totaled 880 tons, a decrease of 55,520 on the week and 83,487 on the year. China led the way, followed by Taiwan. 2025/26 sorghum inspections are 4,866,272 tons, compared to 2,159,922 in 2024/25.
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