U.S. National Weekly Rice Summary

LITTLE ROCK - Mar 22/10 - 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      23.00-25.50     25.50-29.75    23.50-23.75
Medium grain    29.50-32.00                    29.50-35.00    37.00-38.00
Short grain                                                   38.00-39.00
Parboiled       27.00-32.00     29.00-39.00          34.00
Second heads    18.50-19.00     18.50-20.00    17.50-18.50    17.00-18.50
Brewers         17.00-18.50     17.50-20.00    16.00-17.50    15.00-15.50

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

Rice bran       85.00-100.00         110.00       no quote   90.00-100.00
Rice millfeed          50.00       no quote          38.00
Rice hulls       12.00-15.00       no quote           2.00          10.00

                             Domestic Situation

   Domestic milled rice price quotes were steady to 1.00 lower in the 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 1.00 lower, quoted
mostly at 23.50-25.50; medium grain prices were steady, quoted mostly at 29.50-
32.00; parboiled quotes were steady to instances 25 cents lower, quoted mostly
at 27.00-29.00; second heads were steady to instances 50 cents higher, quoted
mostly at 18.50-19.00; brewers were steady to 1.00 higher, quoted mostly at
17.50-18.50. Rice by-products: Offers for rice bran were steady to 10.00 higher;
millfeed was steady to 2.00 lower; hulls were steady to 2.00 higher.

   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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