PEXELS
For the week ending February 17, total inspections of grain (corn, wheat, and soybeans) for export from all major U.S. export regions totaled 3.1 million metric tons (MMT), unchanged from the previous week.
Year to date, total grain inspections were down 16% from the same period last year.
Mainly because of rising shipments to Asia and Mexico, wheat inspections increased 17%, while corn inspections increased 8% from the previous week. Soybean inspections were down 16%.
Also, Texas Gulf total grain inspections increased 31%, while Atlantic total grain inspections increased 12% from the previous week.
Grain inspections for the last four weeks were 7% below the same period last year and 14% above the three-year average.
