For the week ending June 17, total inspections of grain (corn, wheat, and soybeans) for export from all major U.S. export regions totaled 2.2 million metric tons (mmt).
Total grain inspections were down 1 percent from the previous week, down 2 percent from last year, and unchanged from the three-year average.
Soybean inspections jumped 35 percent from the previous week, and wheat increased 10 percent for the same period.
Although corn inspections decreased 8 percent from the previous week, year-to-date corn inspections have remained strong, accounting for over 56 percent of total grain inspected year to date, compared to 45 percent at this time last year.
Pacific Northwest (PNW) grain inspections decreased 24 percent from the previous week, but Mississippi Gulf grain inspections increased 22 percent for the same period.
