U.S. National Weekly Rice Summary

LITTLE ROCK - Oct 6/08 - 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     36.50-40.00     36.00-40.00    36.00-36.50
Medium grain   44.00-46.50                    40.00-46.50    45.00-52.50
Short grain                                                  49.00-53.50
Parboiled      39.50-47.00     41.00-46.00          50.00
Second heads   28.00-29.00     28.00-29.00    24.00-29.00    35.00-46.50
Brewers        25.00-26.00     26.00-29.00    23.00-26.00    26.00-35.00

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

Rice bran     120.00-150.00  130.00-135.00         125.00  165.00-180.00
Rice millfeed   58.00-70.00       no quote    55.00-58.00
Rice hulls      30.00-40.00       no quote    15.00-20.00          24.00

                             Domestic Situation

   Domestic milled rice price quotes were steady in south and steady in
California this week. By-products were steady to higher in the south and steady
in California.

   In the south, long grain rice price quotes were steady, quoted mostly at
36.00-38.00; medium grain prices were steady in very tight supply, quoted mostly
at 44.00-46.50; parboiled quotes were steady, quoted mostly at 39.50-43.00;
second heads were steady, quoted mostly at 28.00-29.00; brewers were steady,
quoted mostly at 25.00-26.00. Rice by-products: Offers for rice bran were steady
to 5.00 higher; millfeed was steady to 6.00 higher; hulls were steady to 10.00
higher.

   In California, medium grain milled rice prices were steady, quoted mostly at
46.50-47.50; short grain prices were steady; second heads were steady, quoted
mostly at 35.00-37.00; brewers were steady, quoted mostly at 26.00-28.00. Rice
bran was steady; rice hulls were steady.

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

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