Wheat, Corn Export Inspections Higher Than Last Year, Soybeans Lower; Catch-Up Corn, Wheat Export Commitments Continue Higher Than Last Year, Soybeans Lower

OMAHA (DTN) — USDA released its weekly Export Inspections report Monday for the week ended Jan. 1, 2026. Total corn inspections were 47.5 million bushels (mb), soybean inspections totaled 36.0 mb, and wheat inspections were 6.7 mb. All inspections were for the 2025-26 marketing year.

Corn inspections totaled 47.5 mb for the week ended Jan. 1, 2026. Total inspections for 2025-26 are now at 1056 mb, up 65% from the previous year. USDA is estimating corn exports to total 3.2 billion bushels (bb) in 2025-26, up 12% from the previous year. Corn inspections in 2025-26 are running well ahead of USDA’s estimated pace at a time when USDA’s estimate of corn ending stocks is 40% larger than the previous five-year average. 

Soybean inspections totaled 36 mb for the week ended Jan. 1. Total inspections for 2025-26 are now at 603.0 mb, down 45% from the previous year. USDA is estimating soybean exports to total 1.635 bb in 2025-26, down 13% from the previous year. Soybean inspections are running well behind USDA’s estimated pace at a time when USDA’s estimate of soybean ending stocks is less than 1% lower than the previous five-year average. 

Wheat inspections totaled 6.7 mb for the week ended Jan. 1. Total inspections for 2025-26 are now at 561 mb, up 20% from the previous year. USDA is estimating wheat exports to total 900 mb in 2025-26, up 9% from the previous year. Wheat inspections are running ahead of USDA’s estimated pace at a time when USDA’s estimate of wheat ending stocks is 24% larger than the previous five-year average.

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OMAHA (DTN) — USDA’s catch-up Weekly Export Sales and Shipments report for the week ended Dec. 25 listed net-corn sales of 29.8 million bushels (mb). Soybean net sales totaled 45.7 mb. Wheat sales totaled 3.8 mb. Soybean and wheat sales were both old and new crop delivery. Corn was all old crop.

For the week ended Dec. 25, 2025, USDA reported an increase of 29.8 mb (756,400 mt) of corn export sales in 2025-26 and 0 mb for 2026-27. Weekly export shipments of 55.9 mb were below the 61.2 mb needed each week to achieve USDA’s export estimate of 3.200 billion bushels (bb) in 2025-26. As of Dec. 25, corn export commitments totaled 1.99 bb in 2025-26 and were up 30% 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 40% larger than the previous five-year average.  

For the week ended Dec. 25, USDA reported an increase of 43.3 mb (1,177,700 mt) of soybean export sales in 2025-26 and an increase of 2.4 mb (66,400 mt) for 2026-27. Weekly export shipments of 44.8 mb were above the 30.5 mb needed each week to achieve USDA’s export estimate of 1.635 bb in 2025-26. As of Dec. 25, soybean export commitments totaled 1.018 bb in 2025-26 and were down 31% 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 less than 1% lower than the previous five-year average.     

For the week ended Dec. 25, USDA reported an increase of 3.5 mb (95,400 mt) of wheat export sales for 2025-26 and an increase of 0.3 mb (9,400 mt) for 2026-27. Weekly export shipments of 15.6 mb were below the 16.0 mb needed each week to achieve USDA’s export estimate of 900 mb in 2025-26. As of Dec. 25, wheat export commitments totaled 735 mb in 2025-26 and were up 18% 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 24% larger than the previous five-year average.