U.S. National Weekly Rice Summary

LITTLE ROCK - Jan 11/10 - 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      25.00-26.00     23.75-29.75    25.00-25.50
Medium grain    30.50-32.00                    30.50-35.00    38.50-44.00
Short grain                                                   39.50-45.00
Parboiled       28.50-32.00     28.00-39.00          34.00
Second heads    18.50-19.00     18.00-20.00    17.50-18.50    16.00-17.00
Brewers         16.50-18.00     17.00-20.00    15.00-17.00    14.50-15.00

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

Rice bran      105.00-120.00  105.00-110.00  105.00-115.00          80.00
Rice millfeed    50.00-53.00       no quote       no quote
Rice hulls       15.00-20.00       no quote       no quote          10.00

                             Domestic Situation

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

   In the south, long grain rice price quotes were steady, quoted mostly at
25.00-25.50; medium grain prices were steady, quoted mostly at 30.50-32.00;
parboiled quotes were steady, quoted mostly at 28.50-29.00; second heads were
steady, quoted mostly at 18.50-19.00; brewers were steady, quoted mostly at
17.00-18.00. Rice by-products: Offers for rice bran were steady to 5.00 higher;
millfeed was steady; hulls were steady to 5.00 higher.

   In California, medium grain milled rice prices were steady, quoted mostly
from 38.50-40.00; short grain prices were steady, quoted mostly from 39.50-
41.00; 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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