U.S. Corn Exports Slump to Six-Year Low

  • Weekly inspections of grain were the smallest in six years
  • Cheaper corn in Brazil and Ukraine take away sales from U.S.

A truck hauls a load of corn between grain bins on a farm during harvest in Walnut, Illinois.

Photographer: Daniel Acker/Bloomberg
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The U.S. corn export program is on life support and shippers can’t blame the trade war with China, which has never been a big buyer of the yellow grain.