U.S. National Weekly Rice Summary

LITTLE ROCK - Sep 14/09 - 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      23.50-25.00     23.75-29.00    23.50-24.00
Medium grain    31.50-33.00                    31.50-40.00    44.00-48.00
Short grain                                                   45.00-49.00
Parboiled       27.50-31.00     28.00-38.00          34.00
Second heads    18.00-19.00     18.00-20.00    18.00-19.00    18.00-23.00
Brewers         16.00-19.00     15.50-20.00    15.50-16.00    15.00-18.00

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

Rice bran        85.00-90.00    77.00-85.00    80.00-85.00          92.00
Rice millfeed          33.00          30.00       no quote
Rice hulls             10.00       no quote       no quote          13.00

                             Domestic Situation

   Domestic milled rice price quotes were uneven 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, quoted mostly at
23.50-24.00; medium grain prices were steady to 9.00 lower as new crop pricing
is fazing in, quoted mostly at 31.50-33.00; parboiled quotes were steady to
instances 1.00 higher, quoted mostly at 27.50-28.00; second heads were steady to
instances 1.00 higher, quoted mostly at 18.00-19.00; brewers were uneven, quoted
mostly at 15.50-17.00. Rice by-products: Offers for rice bran were steady to
5.00 higher; millfeed was uneven in a very lightly tested trade; hulls were
steady to 2.00 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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