This article has been reprinted from the Feb. 28 USDA Grain Transportation Report.
For the week ending February 21, total inspections of grain (corn, wheat, and soybeans) for export from all major U.S. export regions reached 2.84 million metric tons (mmt), which is up 19 percent from the previous week, up 15 percent from last year, and up 4 percent from the 3-year average.
The increase in total inspections of grain was helped by a 91 percent rebound in wheat inspections and a 27 percent increase in soybean inspections.
Corn inspections were the lowest since early January, falling 20 percent from week to week.
Pacific Northwest (PNW) grain inspections jumped 55 percent from the previous week, as shipments to Asia rebounded and Mississippi Gulf grain inspections increased 5 percent, for the same period.