The U.S. is exporting corn at an historic pace.
According to USDA export inspections have exceeded 80 million bushels three different weeks since the end of February, and the record for monthly corn exports set in May of 2018 at 305 million bushels is expected to be shattered by the March figure of roughly 361 million.
University of Minnesota Extension grain marketing economist Ed Usset tells Brownfield China is largely responsible.