# Weekly grain movement: Corn stands strong, wheat weak

> USDA export inspections for the week ending July 14 showed corn at 42.3 million bushels, near the top of trade estimates, with China the top destination. Sorghum fell to 4.4 million bushels and soybeans were rangebound at 13.3 million, while wheat inspections were lackluster.

- Date: 2022-07-18 · published 2022-07-18T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/14917-weekly-grain-movement-corn-stands-strong-wheat-weak
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Sorghum](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SORGHUM.md)

## Why it matters

Strong corn export pace supports corn demand, while weak wheat shipments point to soft US wheat demand.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bullish ▲
- WHEAT: bearish ▼
- SORGHUM: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2020-08-27 | [Weekly Export Sales – Corn comes in strong](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51590-weekly-export-sales-corn-comes-in-strong.md) | +1.6% | +7.0% |
| CORN | 2025-03-31 | [USDA reports mixed grain stocks, with wheat up and corn down](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25651-usda-reports-mixed-grain-stocks-with-wheat-up-and-corn-down.md) | +0.4% | +4.2% |
| CORN | 2016-12-08 | [WEEKLY EXPORT REPORT: Corn, soybean, wheat sales increase](https://feedsoft.ai/events/73338-weekly-export-report-corn-soybean-wheat-sales-increase.md) | +0.9% | +0.3% |
| CORN | 2019-11-11 | [Wheat crops bigger, corn smaller, mirroring stock outlooks: USDA - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56012-wheat-crops-bigger-corn-smaller-mirroring-stock-outlooks-usda-grain-central.md) | -1.0% | -3.2% |
| CORN | 2020-07-24 | [Wheat stock record, US maize trimmed: IGC - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/52151-wheat-stock-record-us-maize-trimmed-igc-grain-central.md) | -1.9% | +1.4% |
| WHEAT | 2026-10-28 | [Strong production seen for Argentina corn, wheat \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/125-strong-production-seen-for-argentina-corn-wheat-world-grain.md) | +0.2% | — |
| WHEAT | 2017-10-30 | [Weekly Grain Movement – Volume slips from week prior \| Feedstuffs](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68327-weekly-grain-movement-volume-slips-from-week-prior-feedstuffs.md) | -3.8% | -5.6% |
| WHEAT | 2021-07-06 | [Chinese corn, wheat imports slip  \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45928-chinese-corn-wheat-imports-slip-world-grain.md) | -3.3% | -0.5% |

## Sources

- farmprogress.com: https://www.farmprogress.com/management/weekly-grain-movement-corn-stands-strong-wheat-weak

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