For the week ending April 30, total inspections of grain (corn, wheat, and soybeans) for export from all major U.S. export regions were 2.1 million metric tons (MMT).
Total grain inspections were down 4% from the previous week, down 2% from last year, and down 18% from the 3-year average.
Inspections increased 6% for wheat and 13% corn. The increases, however, could not offset the 43% drop in soybean inspections, due to lower shipments to Asia and Latin America.
Grain inspections increased 7% in the Pacific Northwest (PNW), but decreased 19% in the Mississippi Gulf.
Despite the drop in overall inspections, Texas Gulf inspections jumped 80%, reflected by a 132% increase in Texas Gulf rail deliveries of grain to port.
The increase in rail deliveries of grain was the highest since early April of last year.
Information provided by the USDA Grain Transportation Report.
