U.S. National Weekly Rice Summary

LITTLE ROCK - Apr 7/08 - SNS -- The latest weekly rice market summary for the United States was released by the USDA today.

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                       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     32.00-32.50    30.00-33.50   29.50-32.50
Medium grain   32.00-33.50                  29.00-33.50   28.50-30.50
Short grain                                               30.00-31.50
Parboiled      34.50-38.00    33.00-38.00         40.00
Second heads   19.00-20.00    19.00-20.00   18.00-19.00   22.00-25.00
Brewers        17.50-18.00    18.00-20.00   17.00-18.00   18.00-19.00

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

Rice bran     118.00-125.00 115.00-135.00        120.00 125.00-165.00
Rice millfeed         65.00         55.00      no quote
Rice hulls         no quote         15.00      no quote         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 in the south and uneven in
California.

   In the south, long grain rice prices were steady to 2.50 higher, quoted
mostly at 32.00-33.00; medium grain prices were 1.50-4.50 higher, quoted mostly
at 32.00-33.50; parboiled rice prices were steady to 2.50 higher, quoted mostly
at 33.00-35.00; second heads were steady; brewers were steady to 1.00 higher,
quoted mostly at 17.50-18.00. Rice by-products: Offers for rice bran were
unevenly 10.00 higher to 3.00 lower, mostly steady; millfeed was steady; hulls
were steady.

   In California, medium grain milled rice prices were 1.00-1.50 higher; short
grain prices were 1.50-2.00 higher; second heads were steady to 1.00 higher;
brewers were 50 cents higher. Rice bran was unevenly 5.00 lower to 5.00 higher;
rice hulls were steady.

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

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