U.S. National Weekly Rice Summary

LITTLE ROCK - Jun 1/09 - 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      24.00-30.00     24.50-30.75          24.00
Medium grain    44.50-45.00                    40.00-44.50    49.50-55.00
Short grain                                                   50.50-56.00
Parboiled       27.00-32.00     29.00-39.00          34.00
Second heads    18.50-21.00     18.50-22.00    18.50-19.00    25.00-32.00
Brewers         16.75-19.00     17.00-22.00    15.50-17.50    16.00-19.00

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

Rice bran       80.00-100.00    68.00-75.00          70.00          82.00
Rice millfeed          27.00          30.00          23.00
Rice hulls        5.00-10.00          10.00           5.00          13.00

                             Domestic Situation

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

   In the south, long grain rice price quotes were steady, quoted mostly at
24.00-26.00; medium grain prices were steady, quoted mostly at 44.50-45.00;
parboiled quotes were steady, quoted mostly at 27.00-29.00; second heads were
steady; brewers were steady to 75 cents lower, quoted mostly at 16.75-17.50.
Rice by-products: Offers for rice bran were steady to instances 5.00 lower;
millfeed was steady to 5.00 lower in a very lightly tested trade; hulls were
steady in a lightly tested trade.

   In California, medium grain milled rice prices were steady, quoted mostly
at 51.00-55.00; short grain prices were steady; second heads were 4.00-7.00
lower; brewers were 1.00-3.00 lower. Rice bran was steady; rice hulls were
steady.

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

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