U.S. National Weekly Rice Summary

LITTLE ROCK - Dec 3/07 - 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     20.00-22.50    20.50-24.75   20.65-22.50
Medium grain   24.00-24.50                  22.00-24.50   26.50-28.00
Short grain                                               28.00-28.50
Parboiled      24.50-27.50    25.00-31.00         31.50
Second heads   16.00-17.50    16.50-16.75         16.00   19.50-22.50
Brewers        14.00-17.00    15.75-16.75   14.00-15.50   16.00-18.00

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

Rice bran      90.00-125.00  95.00-110.00  95.00-100.00 105.00-130.00
Rice millfeed   52.00-58.00         45.00         45.00
Rice hulls      22.00-30.00         10.00         10.00         24.00

                             Domestic Situation

   Domestic milled rice price quotes were steady to 1.00 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 65 cents higher,
quoted mostly at 21.50-23.00; medium grain prices were steady, quoted mostly
at 24.00-24.50; parboiled rice prices were steady to 1.00 higher, quoted
mostly from 24.50-25.00; second heads were steady, quoted mostly at 16.00-
16.75; brewers were steady, quoted mostly at 15.50-16.75. Rice by-products:
Offers for rice bran were uneven, Arkansas mostly quoted from 105.00-110.00;
millfeed was steady to 3.00 higher; hulls were steady to 3.00 lower.

   In California, medium grain milled rice prices were steady, quoted mostly
at 27.00; short grain prices were steady; second heads were steady, quoted
mostly at 19.50-20.00; brewers were steady, quoted mostly at 16.00. Rice bran
was steady to instances 25.00 higher; rice hulls were steady.

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

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