Total Grain Inspections Down 3% From Week Ending Feb. 7; Unchanged From 2018

This article has been reprinted from the Feb. 21 USDA Grain Transportation Report.

For the week ending February 14, total inspections of grain (corn, wheat, and soybeans) for export from all major U.S. export regions reached 2.39 million metric tons (mmt), which is down 3 percent from the previous week, unchanged from last year, and down 11 percent from the 3-year average.

Total corn inspections, destined primarily to Asia and Latin America, jumped 25 percent from week to week.

The increase in corn inspections, however, could not offset the 37 percent drop in inspections of wheat. Mississippi Gulf grain inspections increased 1 percent from the previous week, but Pacific Northwest (PNW) inspections decreased 15 percent for the same time period.

During the last four weeks, inspections of grain are 10 percent below last year and the 3-year average.