Japan Ag Ministry bought a total of 159,610 MT of Aussie, Canadian, and US wheat, which included 81,115 of US wheat. During last week in wheat marketing year a reported 26,845 MT in net old crop sales. Sales for 2017/18 totaled 461,000 MT, with 1.88 MMT carried over from 2016/17. Weekly shipments for the final week of 2016/17 were 470,933 MT, with exports of 93,912 MT for the start of 2017/18. The U.S. Drought Monitor is showing level D2 Severe Drought covering the North Dakota/South Dakota border.