U.S. National Weekly Rice Summary

LITTLE ROCK - Jul 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      17.00-18.00   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     9.00-12.00   10.00-11.00    9.00-11.00   14.00-20.00
Brewers          8.75-11.50    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       40.00-60.00   65.00-70.00         60.00         85.00
Rice millfeed         18.00      no quote      no quote
Rice hulls        3.00-5.00      no quote     2.00-5.00    8.00-10.00

                             Domestic Situation

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

   In the south, long grain rice prices were steady, quoted mostly at 17.00-
18.00; 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 11.00; brewers were steady, quoted mostly at 9.00-
10.00. Rice by-products: Offers for rice bran were mostly steady to 5.00 higher,
instances 15.00 higher in Louisiana in tight supply with little trading;
millfeed was steady; hulls were steady to 3.00 higher.

   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.

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

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