U.S. National Weekly Rice Summary

LITTLE ROCK - Nov 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      20.00-20.50   20.50-24.75         20.00
Medium grain    23.00-24.50                 22.00-24.50   26.50-28.00
Short grain                                               28.00-28.50
Parboiled       22.50-26.50   23.50-31.00         31.50
Second heads    16.50-17.50   16.00-16.50   16.00-16.50   19.00-22.50
Brewers         15.00-17.00   15.75-16.00   15.00-15.50   16.00-18.00

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

Rice bran       88.00-110.00 87.00-110.00  90.00-100.00        110.00
Rice millfeed    45.00-48.00  40.00-45.00         43.00
Rice hulls       20.00-22.00  10.00-13.00      no quote         24.00

                             Domestic Situation

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

   In the south, long grain rice prices were steady to 50 cents higher,
quoted mostly at 20.50; medium grain prices were steady, quoted mostly at
23.00-24.50; parboiled rice prices were steady to instances 1.50 higher,
quoted mostly from 22.50-25.00; second heads were steady to instances 50
cents higher, quoted mostly at 16.00-16.50; brewers were steady to instances
1.00 higher, quoted mostly at 15.50-16.00. Rice by-products: Offers for rice
bran were steady to 5.00 lower; millfeed was mostly steady to 5.00 higher;
hulls were steady to 5.00 lower.

   In California, medium grain milled rice prices were steady, quoted mostly
at 27.00; short grain prices were steady; second heads were steady to firm,
quoted mostly at 19.50-20.00; brewers were steady to 25 cents higher, quoted
mostly at 16.00. Rice bran was steady; rice hulls were 2.00 higher.

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

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