U.S. National Weekly Rice Summary

LITTLE ROCK - May 1/06 - 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   16.50-17.00
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   15.00-20.00
Brewers          8.75-11.00    9.00-10.00    8.00-10.00   11.00-13.00

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

Rice bran       45.00-55.00   60.00-62.00   45.00-62.00   70.00-75.00
Rice millfeed   21.00-24.00   23.00-25.00         20.00
Rice hulls        5.00-7.00     1.00-5.00     1.00-3.00    6.00-10.00

                             Domestic Situation

   Domestic milled rice price quotes in the south were steady, instances 50
cents higher in Louisiana; in California steady. By-products were mostly steady
in the south, 5.00 higher on bran in Arkansas; steady in California.

   In the south, long grain rice prices were mostly steady, quoted mostly at
16.50-17.25; medium grain prices were steady, quoted mostly at 22.00-23.00;
parboiled rice prices were 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
10.00. Rice by-products: Offers for rice bran were steady, 5.00 higher 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. Rice bran was steady; rice hulls were steady. Rains have
finally stopped and temperatures in the 80?s are welcome as farmers try to get
this years crop in the ground.

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

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