Corn, Wheat Export Commitments Continue Higher Than Last Year; Soybeans Lower

OMAHA (DTN) — USDA’s Weekly Export Sales and Shipments report for the week ended April 9, 2026, listed corn net sales of 57.3 million bushels (mb), soybean net sales of 9.1 mb, and wheat net sales of 8.5 mb. Corn and wheat are old- and new-crop delivery combined; soybean sales are old crop only.

For the week ended April 9, 2026, USDA reported an increase of 55.1 mb (1,400,600 mt) of corn export sales in 2025-26 and an increase of 2.2 mb (56,500 mt) for 2026-27. Last week’s export shipments of 61.4 mb were below the 63.8 mb needed each week to achieve USDA’s export estimate of 3.300 billion bushels (bb) in 2025-26. Corn export commitments now total 2.866 bb in 2025-26 and are up 29% from a year ago. That is ahead of USDA’s estimated pace at a time when USDA’s estimate of U.S. ending corn stocks is 46% larger than the previous five-year average. 

For the week ended April 9, 2026, USDA reported an increase of 9.1 mb (247,900 mt) of soybean export sales in 2025-26 and no change for 2026-27. Last week’s export shipments of 30.1 mb were above the 18.6 mb needed each week to achieve USDA’s export estimate of 1.540 bb in 2025-26. Soybean export commitments now total 1.402 bb in 2025-26 and are down 18% from a year ago. That is behind USDA’s estimated pace at a time when USDA’s estimate of U.S. ending soybean stocks is 20% larger than the previous five-year average.    

For the week ended April 9, 2026, USDA reported an increase of 3.7 mb (100,300 mt) of wheat export sales for 2025-26 and an increase of 4.8 mb (131,000 mt) for 2026-27. Last week’s export shipments of 11.5 mb were below the 17.5 mb needed each week to achieve USDA’s export estimate of 900 mb in 2025-26. Wheat export commitments now total 896 mb in 2025-26 and are up 14% from a year ago. That is ahead of USDA’s estimated pace at a time when USDA’s estimate of U.S. ending wheat stocks is 29% larger than the previous five-year average.