U.S. National Weekly Rice Summary

LITTLE ROCK - Apr 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      17.00-17.50   16.50-20.50   16.00-17.00
Medium grain    20.00-23.00                 22.00-23.00   22.00-26.00
Short grain                                               24.50-25.50
Parboiled       18.00-23.00   18.50-28.50         27.00
Second heads     9.00-11.50   10.00-11.00    9.00-11.00   15.00-19.00
Brewers          8.75-11.00    9.00-10.00     8.00-8.75   11.00-12.00

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

Rice bran       40.00-58.00   60.00-65.00   45.00-62.00   70.00-75.00
Rice millfeed         24.00   23.00-25.00   21.00-23.00
Rice hulls        5.00-7.00     2.00-5.00     1.00-3.00    6.00-10.00

                             Domestic Situation

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

   In the south, long grain rice quotes were steady, quoted mostly at 17.00-
17.25; medium grain was steady, quoted mostly at 22.00-23.00; parboiled rice was
steady, quoted mostly from 18.00-19.00; second heads were steady, quoted mostly
at 10.00-11.00; brewers were steady, quoted mostly at 9.00-10.00. Rice by-
products: Offers for rice bran were mostly steady, instances 1.00 higher;
millfeed was steady; hulls were steady, instances 4.00 higher. Price quotes for
bran in Arkansas and Louisiana were mostly at 45.00-48.00.

   In California, medium grain milled rice quotes were steady, ranging mostly
from 23.00-23.00; short grain was steady; second heads were steady; brewers were
steady. Rice bran was steady; rice hulls were steady.

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

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