18/08/2025 (Brownfield News) - The USDA says corn and soybean export inspections as of the week ending August 14th are ahead of what’s needed to meet projections for the current marketing year. The 2024/25 marketing year began September 1st for beans, corn, and sorghum, while 2025/26 kicked off June 1st for wheat. The USDA’s next round of supply and demand estimates is out on September 12th.

Wheat came out 395,240 tons, down 119,625 from the week ending August 7th, but up 20,936 from the week ending August 15th, 2024. The main destinations were Mexico and Japan. For the 2025/26 marketing year to date, wheat inspections are 4,811,510 tons, compared to 4,640,068 in 2024/25.

Corn was reported at 1,050,715 tons, 471,846 lower than the previous week and 166,861 below a year ago. The leading destinations were Mexico and Japan. Nearing the end of the 2024/25 marketing year, corn inspections are 64,219,596 tons, compared to 50,160,735 late in 2023/24.

Soybeans were pegged at 473,605 tons, 70,641 less than the prior week, but 67,635 more than last year. The top destinations were Egypt and Mexico. So far, this marketing year, soybean inspections are 48,867,578 tons, compared to 43,794,726 a year ago.

Sorghum totaled 84,367 tons, an increase of 14,587 on the week, but a decrease of 23,503 on the year. The listed destinations were Ethiopia and South Sudan. 2024/25 sorghum inspections are 2,156,590 tons, compared to 5,792,032 in 2023/24.

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