U.S. National Weekly Rice Summary

LITTLE ROCK - Oct 2/06 - 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      19.00-19.50   19.25-23.25         19.00
Medium grain    20.00-22.00                       22.00   23.00-28.00
Short grain                                               24.50-25.50
Parboiled       20.00-24.50   23.50-31.00         27.00
Second heads    12.00-13.00         12.00         12.00   15.00-20.00
Brewers         10.00-12.00   11.00-11.50   11.00-11.50   12.50-14.00

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

Rice bran       60.00-95.00  80.00-120.00         75.00         60.00
Rice millfeed   26.00-30.00      no quote      no quote
Rice hulls        5.00-8.00      no quote      no quote   10.00-12.00

                             Domestic Situation

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

   In the south, long grain rice prices were steady, quoted mostly at 19.00-
19.50; medium grain prices were steady, quoted mostly at 22.00; parboiled rice
prices were steady, quoted mostly from 20.00-25.00; second heads were steady to
instances 1.00 higher, quoted mostly at 12.00; brewers were steady to 1.50
higher. Rice by-products: Offers for rice bran were uneven, near steady with
very tight supplies and a thinly tested market. Wide price ranges continue for
nominal bran supplies, Arkansas quoted mostly at 68.00-70.00, Texas 90.00.
Millfeed was 2.00-3.00 higher in a lightly tested trade; 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 to 25 cents higher. Rice bran was steady; rice hulls were
steady.

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

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