U.S. National Weekly Rice Summary

LITTLE ROCK - Aug 9/10 - 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      20.00-22.00     21.00-26.25    20.00-20.50
Medium grain    25.50-30.00                    25.50-32.00    30.00-31.00
Short grain                                                   31.00-32.00
Parboiled       23.00-27.50     24.00-34.50          32.00
Second heads    17.50-18.00     17.50-18.00          17.50    19.00-21.00
Brewers         15.00-16.50     16.50-18.00    14.50-16.50    17.00-19.00

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

Rice bran        60.00-70.00          60.00    50.00-60.00   90.00-100.00
Rice millfeed          25.00       no quote          23.00
Rice hulls              5.00       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 in the south and steady in
California.

In the south, long grain rice price quotes were steady, quoted mostly at
20.00-21.50; medium grain prices were steady, quoted mostly at 25.50-30.00;
parboiled quotes were steady, quoted mostly at 23.00-25.50; second heads were
steady, quoted mostly at 17.50; brewers were steady, quoted mostly at 14.50-
16.50. Rice by-products: Offers for rice bran were steady; 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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