U.S. National Weekly Rice Summary

LITTLE ROCK - Jan 5/09 - 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     28.50-34.00     31.00-35.00    28.50-30.00
Medium grain   45.00-46.50                    40.00-46.50    45.00-52.50
Short grain                                                  49.00-53.50
Parboiled      31.50-40.00     34.00-43.00          46.00
Second heads   25.50-27.00     27.00-29.00    24.00-25.50    34.00-46.50
Brewers        25.00-26.00     25.00-29.00    23.00-25.00    26.00-35.00

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

Rice bran     135.00-150.00         160.00         125.00          72.00
Rice millfeed      no quote       no quote       no quote
Rice hulls   (ground) 40.00       no quote       no quote          13.00
           (unground) 20.00

                             Domestic Situation

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

   In the south, long grain rice price quotes were steady to 2.00 lower, quoted
mostly at 28.50-32.50; medium grain prices were steady, quoted mostly at 45.00-
46.50; parboiled quotes were steady to 2.00 lower, quoted mostly at 31.50-36.00;
second heads were steady to 1.50 lower, quoted mostly at 25.50-27.00; brewers
were steady to 2.00 lower, quoted mostly at 25.00-26.00. Rice by-products:
Market remains slow. Offers for rice bran were uneven, mostly 5.00 higher;
millfeed was untested; hulls were uneven.

   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 to 1.00
lower, quoted mostly at 34.00-37.00; brewers were steady, quoted mostly at
26.00-28.00. Rice bran was 3.00 lower; rice hulls were steady.

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

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