U.S. National Weekly Rice Summary

LITTLE ROCK - Mar 3/08 - 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     26.00-28.50    26.00-29.00   27.00-28.50
Medium grain         26.00                  26.00-27.00   27.50-29.00
Short grain                                               28.50-29.00
Parboiled      28.50-31.50    29.50-35.00         39.00
Second heads   17.00-18.00    17.00-18.00   17.00-18.00   22.00-24.00
Brewers        15.00-17.50    16.50-18.00   15.50-16.50   16.50-17.50

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

Rice bran     100.00-115.00 110.00-115.00 105.00-110.00 130.00-160.00
Rice millfeed   52.00-65.00      no quote      no quote
Rice hulls            30.00      no quote   10.00-12.00         24.00

                             Domestic Situation

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

   In the south, long grain rice prices were steady to 2.00 higher, quoted
mostly at 26.50-28.50; medium grain prices were steady to 2.00 higher;
parboiled rice prices were steady to 2.00 higher, quoted mostly at 28.50-
30.50; second heads were steady to 1.00 higher; brewers were steady to 1.00
higher, quoted mostly at 16.50-17.50. Rice by-products:
Offers for rice bran were uneven, near steady; millfeed was steady; hulls
were steady.

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

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

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