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 Jan. 8, 2026, listed net-corn sales of 45.0 million bushels (mb) and soybean net sales of 76.2 mb, old and new crop delivery combined. Wheat sales totaled 5.7 mb and were for old crop only.

For the week ended Jan. 8, USDA reported an increase of 44.9 mb (1,139,500 mt) of corn export sales in 2025-26 and an increase of 0.1 mb (1,300 mt) for 2026-27. Last week’s export shipments of 61.2 mb were above the 60.9 mb needed each week to achieve USDA’s export estimate of 3.200 billion bushels (bb) in 2025-26. Corn export commitments now total 2.049 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 53% larger than the previous five-year average. 

For the week ended Jan. 8, USDA reported an increase of 75.8 mb (2,061,900 mt) of soybean export sales in 2025-26 and an increase of 0.4 mb (10,000 mt) for 2026-27. Last week’s export shipments of 60.2 mb were above the 28.0 mb needed each week to achieve USDA’s export estimate of 1.575 bb in 2025-26. Soybean export commitments now total 1.126 bb in 2025-26 and are down 25% 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 20% larger than the previous five-year average.    

For the week ended Jan. 8, 2026, USDA reported an increase of 5.7 mb (156,300 mt) of wheat export sales for 2025-26 and 0 mb for 2026-27. Last week’s export shipments of 11.1 mb were below the 16.5 mb needed each week to achieve USDA’s export estimate of 900 mb in 2025-26. Wheat export commitments now total 745 mb in 2025-26 and are up 16% 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 27% larger than the previous five-year average.