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U.S. corn, wheat export inspections stay on pace
The USDA is reporting another solid week for corn, sorghum, and wheat export inspections. Corn and wheat inspections during the week ending April 9th were below a year ago but topped what’s needed to meet projections for the current marketing year, with Mexico topping the list for both. Sorghum was up on the year as earlier purchases by China leave U.S. ports. While soybeans were above last year, inspections are behind the needed pace because of relatively slow demand from China. The USDA’s next round of supply and demand numbers is out May 10th.
The 2025/26 marketing year got underway June 1st for wheat and September 1st for beans, corn, and sorghum.
Wheat came out at 320,797 tons, down 22,087 from the week ending April 2nd and 291,647 from the week ending April 10th, 2025. The main destinations were Mexico and Taiwan. In the final quarter of the 2025/26 marketing year, wheat inspections are 21,026,407 tons, compared to 18,341,264 in 2024/25.
Corn was reported at 1,782,577 tons, 269,890 lower than the previous week and 47,403 below a year ago. The top destinations were Mexico and Japan. At this point in the marketing year, corn inspections are 50,230,056 tons, compared to 67,514,508 this time last year.
Soybeans were pegged at 814,562 tons, 9,670 higher than the week before and 259,669 above last year. The primary destinations were China and Egypt. So far, this marketing year, soybean inspections are 31,510,488 tons, compared to 42,146,507 a year ago.
Sorghum inspections totaled 202,791 tons, an increase of 143,434 on the week and 168,388 on the year. The largest single destination was China, followed distantly by Japan. 2025/26 sorghum inspections are 3,128,494 tons, compared to 1,638,626 in 2024/25.
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