The U.S. Grains Council has issued its 2014/2015 Corn Export Cargo Quality Report, which measures the quality of U.S. corn samples ready to be loaded for overseas shipment. This is the fourth year for the report and is a companion to the 2014/2015 Corn Harvest Quality Report that provides details about the quality of the U.S. corn crop at the time of harvest.

Early 2014/2015 U.S. corn exports were, on average, better than or equal to U.S. No. 2 corn on all grade factors, while moisture was the same as the previous year.

Chemical attributes indicated higher oil levels than the previous year, with protein and starch levels similar to 2013/2014. Physical attributes of stress cracks were lower, kernel size was larger, and true density was higher than 2013/2014 export samples.

All samples were safely below the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) action and advisory levels for aflatoxins and DON.

The cargo quality report also measures additional physical factors that provide more in-depth information about the processability, storability and potential for breakage in handling.

U.S. corn producers are committed to their export customers and provide these reports in an effort to share reliable, transparent and objective measurements about U.S. corn quality.

To view the full report visit http://grains.org/key-issues/grain-supply-and-demand/corn-harvest-quality-and-export-cargo-reports.