U.S. National Weekly Rice Summary

LITTLE ROCK - Jan 3/06 - SNS -- The latest weekly rice market summary for the United States was released by the USDA today.

                       National Weekly Rice Summary
                   (Arkansas-Louisiana-Texas-California)

   Domestic shipment: Offers, fob mills, milled rice, spot prices, dollars per
cwt, bagged. (All milled rice grade No 2 not to exceed 4 percent brokens,
except California grade No 1. All second heads grade No 4 or better, second
head and brewers are bulk.)

                   Arkansas         Texas     Louisiana    California
Long grain      15.00-16.50   15.00-18.50   15.00-15.50
Medium grain    20.00-23.50                 22.00-23.50   23.00-26.00
Short grain                                               24.50-25.50
Parboiled       16.50-21.00   16.00-28.50         27.00
Second heads     9.00-11.00    9.00-10.00    9.00-10.00   15.00-20.50
Brewers          8.50-10.75     8.50-9.00     7.50-8.50   12.00-12.50

Feed by-products (spot prices, dollars per short ton, fob mills).

Rice bran       55.00-85.00         90.00         60.00         54.00
Rice millfeed   28.00-30.00      no quote         30.00
Rice hulls        5.00-8.00     5.00-8.00     2.00-4.00     6.00-8.00

                             Domestic Situation

   Domestic milled rice price quotes were steady to higher. By-products were
steady in the south, steady to higher in California.

   In the south, long grain rice prices were steady to 1.00 higher, quoted
mostly at 15.00-15.50; medium grain prices were steady to instances 2.00 higher,
quoted mostly at 22.00-23.50; parboiled rice prices were steady, quoted mostly
from 16.50-17.00; second heads were steady, quoted mostly at 9.00-10.00; brewers
were steady, quoted mostly at 8.50. Rice by-products: Offers for rice bran were
steady, quoted mostly from 60.00-70.00 in Arkansas; millfeed was steady; hulls
were steady.

   In California, medium grain milled rice prices were steady, quoted mostly
from 23.00-24.00; short grain prices were steady; second heads were steady;
brewers were steady. Brokens remain in very tight supply. Rice bran was
4.00=9.00 higher; rice hulls were steady.

Source:   USDA-AR Extension Service, Little Rock, AR

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