U.S. National Weekly Rice Summary

LITTLE ROCK - Dec 10/07 - 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   21.00-22.50
Medium grain   24.00-24.50                  22.00-24.50   26.50-29.00
Short grain                                               28.00-28.50
Parboiled      24.50-28.00    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        100.00 105.00-130.00
Rice millfeed   52.00-60.00         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 50 cents higher in the
south and steady to instances 1.00 higher in California. By-products were
mostly steady in the south and in steady California.

   In the south, long grain rice prices were steady to instances 35 cents
higher, quoted mostly at 22.00-23.00; medium grain prices were steady to
firm, quoted mostly at 24.00-24.50; parboiled rice prices were steady to 50
cents 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 steady to 5.00 higher,
Arkansas mostly quoted from 105.00-110.00; millfeed was steady to 2.00
higher; hulls were steady.

   In California, medium grain milled rice prices were steady to instances
1.00 higher, 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; rice hulls were steady.

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

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