U.S. National Weekly Rice Summary

LITTLE ROCK - Jan 9/06 - 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)

*Notice: This report will be released on Tuesday, January 17th next week. The
office will be closed on Monday, January 16th due to the Martin Luther King
Holiday.*

   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   15.50-20.50   15.00-16.00
Medium grain    20.00-23.00                 22.00-23.00   23.00-26.00
Short grain                                               24.50-25.50
Parboiled       17.00-21.00   16.50-28.50         27.00
Second heads     9.00-11.00    9.00-10.00    9.00-10.00   15.00-19.00
Brewers          8.50-10.75     8.50-9.00     7.50-8.50   11.00-12.00

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

Rice bran       60.00-75.00         90.00   62.00-70.00   55.00-60.00
Rice millfeed   28.00-32.00      no quote   26.00-30.00
Rice hulls        5.00-8.00     2.00-7.00     2.00-4.00     6.00-8.00

                             Domestic Situation

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

   In the south, long grain rice prices were steady to instances 2.00 higher,
quoted mostly at 15.00-16.00; medium grain prices were steady to instances 50
cents lower, quoted mostly at 22.00-23.00; parboiled rice prices were steady to
50 cents higher, 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 uneven; millfeed was uneven; hulls
were steady to 3.00 lower.

   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 to
1.50 lower; brewers were 50 cents to 1.00 lower. Brokens remain in tight supply.
Rice bran was 1.00-6.00 higher; rice hulls were steady.

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

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