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

OMAHA (DTN) — USDA’s Weekly Export Sales and Shipments report listed net corn sales of 21.3 million bushels (mb). Soybean net sales totaled 19.9 mb. Wheat net sales were 11.2 mb. Corn, soybean and wheat numbers are 2025-26 and 2026-27 crops, combined.

For the week ending Sept. 4, 2025, USDA reported an increase of 21.3 million bushels (539,900 mt) of corn export sales in 2025-26 and 0 mb for 2026-27. Last week’s export shipments of 27.1 mb were below the 55.3 mb needed each week to achieve USDA’s export estimate of 2.875 bb in 2025-26. Corn export commitments now total 890 mb in 2025-26 and are up 69% 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 the highest in seven years.

For the week ending Sept. 4, 2025, USDA reported an increase of 19.9 million bushels (541,100 mt) of soybean export sales in 2025-26 and 0 mb for 2026-27. Last week’s export shipments of 8.6 mb were below the 32.8 mb needed each week to achieve USDA’s export estimate of 1.705 bb in 2025-26. Soybean export commitments now total 344 mb in 2025-26 and are down 34% 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 the second highest in five years.

For the week ending Sept. 4, 2025, USDA reported an increase of 11.2 million bushels (305,400 mt) of wheat export sales for 2025-26 and 0 mb for 2026-27. Last week’s export shipments of 13.1 mb were below the 16.7 mb needed each week to achieve USDA’s export estimate of 875 mb in 2025-26. Wheat export commitments now total 467 mb in 2025-26 and are up 19% 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 the highest in six years.