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| Weekly | Sales to Date | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grains | Sales | Unshipped | Total | Prev Yr |
| Corn | 23.4 | 288.2 | 1567.4 | 2221.0 |
| Sorghum | 0.9 | 25.5 | 179.7 | 171.4 |
| Soybeans | 8.8 | 99.8 | 861.9 | 789.2 |
| All Wheat | 6.5 | 66.7 | 977.4 | 1262.6 |
| Durum | 0.0 | 5.2 | 38.3 | 36.3 |
| Hard Spring | 2.7 | 20.8 | 294.4 | 338.0 |
| Hard Winter | 3.2 | 27.3 | 287.6 | 393.3 |
| Soft Red | 0.5 | 2.1 | 134.3 | 257.2 |
| White Wheat | 0.0 | 11.3 | 222.8 | 237.9 |
| Other Commodities | ||||
| Soybean Oil-X | 5.1 | 53.3 | 621.6 | 251.3 |
| Soybean Meal-X | 97.0 | 522.0 | 4669.3 | 3119.6 |
| Rice-X | 4.9 | 244.7 | 2084.5 | 2235.8 |
| Cotton-Y | 94.0 | 1866.2 | 6475.7 | 7451.6 |
| Grains | Weekly New Crop Sales | Total New Crop Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Corn | 4.8 | 20.6 |
| Sorghum | 1.0 | 1.3 |
| Soybeans | 2.6 | 34.1 |
| All Wheat | 9.2 | 37.9 |
| Durum | 0.0 | 4.6 |
| Hard Spring | 1.0 | 9.1 |
| Hard Winter | 7.5 | 18.8 |
| Soft Red | 0.0 | 3.2 |
| White Wheat | 0.7 | 2.1 |
| Other Commodities | ||
| Soybean Oil-X | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Soybean Meal-X | 3.5 | 74.7 |
| Rice-X | 0.0 | 3.0 |
| Cotton-Y | 50.3 | 599.9 |
Corn export sales were off 20% from last week, and 16% below the monthly average. The main buyers continue to be Japan and Taiwan. Soybean bookings had been expected to be between 6 and 11 million bushels. Old-crop sales were 8.8 and new-crop were 2.6. Old-crop wheat bookings should go to about zero in May, and they are slowing. Fill in business went to Japan, Jordan, Egypt, and Nigeria. <169>Unknown destinations<170> and Mexico were the largest buyers. Meal export bookings continue to be robust, with total commitments 150% of the figure this time last year.
May 8, 1997
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