U.S. National Weekly Rice Summary

LITTLE ROCK - Feb 5/07 - 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   19.25-23.50         19.00
Medium grain    20.00-25.00                 22.00-25.00   24.50-28.00
Short grain                                               26.50-27.00
Parboiled       20.00-24.50   23.50-31.00         31.50
Second heads    14.00-16.00   14.50-16.00   14.00-14.50   16.00-21.50
Brewers         14.00-15.50   13.50-15.50   13.75-14.00   14.00-16.75

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

Rice bran      90.00-110.00 100.00-112.00  95.00-100.00   75.00-85.00
Rice millfeed   48.00-55.00      no quote      no quote
Rice hulls      15.00-25.00      no quote      no quote   13.00-14.00

                             Domestic Situation

   Domestic milled rice price quotes were steady in the south and in California.
By-products were steady to higher in the south and 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 22.00-25.00; parboiled
rice prices were steady, quoted mostly from 20.00-25.00; second heads were
steady; brewers were steady to 2.00 higher. Rice by-products: Offers for rice
bran were steady to 2.00 higher with tight supplies; millfeed was steady to 5.00
higher in a lightly tested trade; hulls were 3.00-5.00 higher in a very thin
test.

   In California, medium grain milled rice prices were steady, quoted mostly
from 25.00-26.00; short grain prices were steady; second heads were steady
quoted mostly from 17.00; brewers were steady, quoted mostly from 14.75-15.00.
Rice bran was steady; rice hulls were steady.

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

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