Weekly soybean inspections during the week ended Feb. 1, rose more than 500,000 MT from the previous week and above the pre-report range. Meanwhile, corn inspections dropped 300,000 MT on the week.
Weekly soybean sales during the week ended Jan. 25 missed the pre-report range by over 330,000 MT, while soymeal sales exceeded expectations. Corn and wheat sales were within pre-report estimates.
A study from Sandro Steinbach and Yasin Yildirim of North Dakota St. Univ. and Xiting Zhuang of the University of Connecticut exams the current challenges in global shipping and their direct impact on U.S. agriculture.
During the week ended Jan. 18, weekly corn and soybean inspections dropped 233,127 MT and 117,068 MT, respectively, while wheat inspections rose 72,112 MT from the previous week's totals.
USDA reported weekly export sales of 1.25 MMT during the weekend ended Jan. 11, exceeding the top end pre-report range by 50,000 MT, while wheat sales exceeded expectations by 200,000 MT.
USDA reported weekly export inspections of 1.264 MMT soybeans during the week ended Jan. 11, which rose 224,000 MT from the previous week. Meanwhile, corn and wheat inspections declined on the week.
USDA pegged total U.S. corn and soybean production at 15.342 billion bu. and 4.165 billion bu., respectively amid a 2.4 bu. and 0.7 bu. bump in the national corn and soybean average yield estimate from November.
Corn, soybeans and wheat traded higher overnight amid light corrective buying ahead of USDA’s January crop reports later this morning and support from rising crude oil tied to increased Middle East tensions.