U.S. National Weekly Rice Summary

LITTLE ROCK - Dec 1/08 - 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     31.50-34.00     33.00-37.00    31.50-34.00
Medium grain         45.00                    40.00-45.00    45.00-52.50
Short grain                                                  49.00-53.50
Parboiled      34.50-41.00     36.00-45.00          46.00
Second heads         28.00           29.00    24.00-28.00    35.00-46.50
Brewers        25.00-28.00     28.00-29.00    23.00-27.00    26.00-35.00

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

Rice bran     120.00-135.00  135.00-145.00         125.00  130.00-180.00
Rice millfeed         62.00       no quote       no quote
Rice hulls            30.00       no quote       no quote          16.00

                             Domestic Situation

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

   In the south, long grain rice price quotes were steady to instances 4.00
lower, quoted mostly at 31.50-34.00; medium grain prices were mostly steady,
quoted mostly at 45.00; parboiled quotes were steady, quoted mostly at 34.50-
37.00; second heads were steady, quoted mostly at 28.00-29.00; brewers were
steady to instances 1.00 higher, quoted mostly at 25.00-28.00. Rice by-
products: Market remains slow. Offers for rice bran were steady to 5.00 higher;
millfeed was steady; hulls were steady.

   In California, medium grain milled rice prices were steady, quoted mostly at
45.00-47.50; 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, quoted mostly at 130.00; rice hulls were steady.

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

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