U.S. National Weekly Rice Summary

LITTLE ROCK - Feb 4/08 - 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     24.00-24.50    23.75-27.00   22.75-24.50
Medium grain   24.00-25.00                  22.00-24.50   27.00-29.00
Short grain                                               28.00-28.50
Parboiled      26.50-29.00    26.50-33.00         34.50
Second heads   16.00-17.50    16.50-17.00         16.00   22.00-23.00
Brewers        15.00-17.00    15.75-17.00   15.25-15.50   16.50-19.00

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

Rice bran     100.00-115.00 105.00-120.00 103.00-105.00        125.00
Rice millfeed   52.00-62.00      no quote         50.00
Rice hulls            30.00      no quote         10.00         24.00

                             Domestic Situation

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

   In the south, long grain rice prices were steady to 2.00 higher, quoted
mostly from 24.00-24.50; medium grain prices were mostly steady, instances 50
cents higher; parboiled rice prices were mostly steady, instances 1.00
higher, quoted mostly at 26.50-28.00; second heads were steady; brewers were
steady, quoted mostly at 15.25-16.50. Rice by-products: Offers for rice bran
were mostly steady; millfeed was steady to 2.00 higher; hulls were steady.

   In California, medium grain milled rice prices were steady, quoted mostly
at 27.00-27.50; short grain prices were steady; second heads were steady;
brewers were steady to 50 cents higher, quoted mostly at 16.50. Rice bran was
15.00-20.00 higher; rice hulls were steady.

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

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