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Wheat inspections last week reached 334,217 metric tons.
Corn and soybean inspections for overseas delivery fell week over week, while wheat assessments improved, according to data from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Corn inspections in the seven days ending Jan. 19 fell to 727,643 metric tons from 779,788 tons the previous week, the agency said in a report.
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This is also well below the 1.19 million tonnes examined in the same week last year. Soybean assessments fell to 1.81 million tonnes from 2.19 million tonnes, the government said. Last week's total, however, surpassed the 1.38 million tons inspected in the same period last year.
Wheat inspections last week came in at 334,217 metric tons, up from 325,643 tons the previous week but below the 417,638 tons examined during the same week in 2022. Since the start of the marketing year on September 1, USDA has inspected 11,000 metric tons. 5 million metric tons of corn for export. This is down from 16.5 million tonnes during the same period last year.
Soybean assessments since early September now stand at 34.1 million metric tons, down from 35 million tons in the same period last year, the government said. Wheat inspections since the beginning of the grain's marketing year on Sept. 1 have totaled 12.8 million tons, slightly lower than the 13.2 million tons assessed at this point in 2022, the USDA said in its report.
Winter storm warnings and winter weather advisories have been issued for a large swath of the U.S., from western New Mexico to Maine, according to National Weather Service maps. In the Southern Plains, up to 7 inches of snow is expected in the Texas panhandle today, the NWS said in a report early this morning. A winter storm warning will remain in effect until tomorrow morning.
Source: Leonardo Gottems | agrolink
