U.S. corn shipments maintain strong momentum

U.S. corn continues to leave port at a rapid clip, boosted by favorable pricing against key competitors. The USDA says corn inspections during the week ending October 9th were more than double a year ago, with Mexico and Colombia as the top destinations, and the overall pace staying faster than last marketing year. Wheat export inspections were also up on the year and continue to run ahead of last marketing year. Weekly soybean inspections were lower than last year’s total, largely due to the tariff tensions with China. The USDA’s weekly export sales reports have been delayed by the current partial shutdown of the federal government. Wheat came out at 444,138 tons, down 104,085 from the week ending October 2nd, but up 64,004 from the week ending October 10th, 2024. The main destinations were Indonesia and Japan. At this point in the 2025/26 marketing year, wheat inspections are 10,664,546 tons, compared to 9,029,415 in 2024/25. Corn was reported at 1,129,708 tons, 571,926 lower ...