Corn leads U.S. grain export inspections with strong shipments to Mexico and Japan

Corn continues to leave U.S. ports at a rapid pace. The USDA says corn export inspections during the week ending October 2nd were up sharply on the year, mainly to Mexico and Japan, reflecting the strong global demand thanks to favorable prices. Just over a month into the current marketing year, corn inspections are running well ahead of last year’s pace. That’s in contrast to soybean inspections, which continue to trail the previous marketing year due to the lack of demand from China because of tariff tensions. Wheat inspections were above a week ago and shipments are faster than a year ago, helped out by competitive prices. The 2025/26 marketing year began June 1st for wheat and September 1st for beans, corn, and sorghum. The USDA’s weekly export sales report and monthly supply and demand estimates have been delayed by the ongoing partial shutdown of the federal government. Wheat came out at 505,096 tons, down 368,482 from the week ending September 25th, but up 140,313 from the ...