U.S. National Weekly Rice Summary

LITTLE ROCK - Nov 16/09 - 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    23.00-23.50
Medium grain    30.00-31.50                    31.50-35.00    40.00-44.00
Short grain                                                   41.50-45.00
Parboiled       27.50-31.00     28.00-38.00          34.00
Second heads    18.00-19.00     18.00-20.00    17.50-18.00    16.00-17.00
Brewers         16.00-18.00     15.50-20.00    15.00-16.00    14.50-15.00

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

Rice bran      100.00-115.00  105.00-109.00         105.00          75.00
Rice millfeed          48.00          35.00          40.00
Rice hulls             12.00     5.00-10.00           5.00          10.00

                             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 to firm, quoted mostly
at 23.00-24.00; medium grain prices were steady to 1.50 lower, quoted mostly at
30.00-31.50; parboiled quotes were steady, quoted mostly at 27.50-28.00; second
heads were steady, quoted mostly at 17.50-18.00; brewers were steady, quoted
mostly at 15.00-17.00. Rice by-products: Offers for rice bran were 5.00 higher
to 4.00 lower; millfeed was steady; hulls were steady.

   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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