For the week ending September 26, total inspections of grain (corn, wheat, and soybeans) for export from all major U.S. export regions reached 1.9 million metric tons (MMT).
The latestUSDA Grain Transportation Reportsays inspections are up 11% from the previous week, down 22% from last year, and 26% below the 3-year average.
Corn inspections, which jumped 70% from the previous week, drove the increase in total inspections of grain. U.S. exports of corn to Asia and Latin America rebounded 378% and 55%, respectively, from the previous week.
Soybean inspections increased 6 percent% from week to week, but inspections of wheat decreased 5%.
Grain inspections in the Mississippi Gulf increased 21% from the past week, but Pacific Northwest (PNW) inspections decreased 15%.
