U.S. National Weekly Rice Summary

LITTLE ROCK - Jun 5/06 - 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   17.00-20.50         17.00
Medium grain    20.00-23.00                 22.00-23.00   23.00-26.00
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   14.00-20.00
Brewers          8.75-11.00    9.00-10.00     8.00-8.75   10.50-13.00

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

Rice bran       40.00-50.00   60.00-61.00         45.00         75.00
Rice millfeed   18.00-20.00         24.00      no quote
Rice hulls        1.00-5.00     2.00-4.00      no quote    6.00-10.00

                             Domestic Situation

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

   In the south, long grain rice prices were steady, quoted mostly at 17.00-
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
9.00-10.00. Rice by-products: Offers for rice bran were steady; 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 to 5.00 higher; rice hulls were
steady.

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

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