This article has been reprinted from the Dec. 5 USDA Grain Transportation Report.
For the week ending December 5, total inspections of grain (corn, wheat, and soybeans) for export from all major U.S. export regions reached 2.14 million metric tons (mmt).
Total grain inspections were down 12 percent from the previous week, down 6 percent from last year, and down 28 percent from the 3-year average.
From the previous week, inspections of wheat and soybeans decreased 6 percent and 19 percent, respectively, but corn inspections increased 9 percent.
Pacific Northwest (PNW) grain inspections were unchanged from the past week, but inspections of grain in the Mississippi Gulf decreased 24 percent mainly as a result of a 32-percent drop in soybean inspections.