U.S. National Weekly Rice Summary

LITTLE ROCK - Aug 24/09 - 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      23.50-26.00     23.75-29.00    23.50-24.00
Medium grain    39.50-42.00                    39.50-40.00    46.00-49.00
Short grain                                                   47.00-50.00
Parboiled       26.50-31.00     28.00-38.00          34.00
Second heads          18.00     18.50-20.00    18.00-19.00    21.00-23.00
Brewers         16.50-17.00     16.00-20.00    15.25-16.50    14.00-16.00

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

Rice bran        80.00-85.00    68.00-80.00          80.00          92.00
Rice millfeed    30.00-32.00          30.00    28.00-30.00
Rice hulls        8.00-10.00          10.00       no quote          13.00

                             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 in
California.

   In the south, long grain rice price quotes were steady to 50 cents lower,
quoted mostly at 23.50-24.00; medium grain prices were 50 cents to 4.00 lower,
quoted mostly at 39.50-40.00; parboiled quotes were steady to 50 cents lower,
quoted mostly at 26.50-28.00; second heads were steady to 50 cents lower, quoted
mostly at 18.00; brewers were steady, quoted mostly at 15.50-16.50. Rice by-
products: Offers for rice bran were steady to 5.00 lower; millfeed was steady to
2.00 higher in a very lightly tested trade; hulls were steady to 3.00 higher in
a lightly tested trade.

   In California, medium grain milled rice prices were steady; short grain
prices were steady; second heads were steady; brewers were steady. Rice bran was
steady, hulls were steady.

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

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