(NAFB.com) – USDA data says inspections of corn and beans for export declined week to week while wheat assessments improved. The agency says corn inspections in the seven days that ended on January 2 fell to 847,463 metric tons from 907,565 tons a week earlier. That’s also down from 1.09 million tons assessed during the same week last year. Examinations of soybeans for offshore delivery dropped to 1.28 million tons from 1.64 million during the previous week. That total was still up from the 1.04 million tons inspected during the same week last year. Wheat inspections improved week to week to 412,342 tons from 339,101 tons. USDA says that’s still down from the 501,910 tons assessed during the same week in 2024. Since the marketing year began on September 1, the agency has inspected 16.2 million tons of corn for export, a higher number than at the same point in 2024.