U.S. National Weekly Rice Summary

LITTLE ROCK - Sep 13/10 - 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      18.50-20.00     19.00-25.00    18.50-19.00
Medium grain    25.50-28.00                    25.50-30.00    30.00-31.00
Short grain                                                   31.00-32.00
Parboiled       21.50-26.00     22.00-33.00          28.00
Second heads    16.00-17.00     16.50-17.50    16.50-17.00    19.00-21.00
Brewers         14.00-16.00     15.50-17.50    13.50-16.00    17.00-19.00

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

Rice bran        70.00-80.00    55.00-62.00          60.00   98.00-100.00
Rice millfeed          27.00          25.00          22.00
Rice hulls         2.00-5.00      2.00-5.00      1.00-2.00          10.00

Domestic Situation

Domestic milled rice price quotes were steady 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, quoted mostly at
18.50-19.50; medium grain prices were steady, quoted mostly at 25.50-28.00;
parboiled quotes were steady, quoted mostly at 21.50-24.00; second heads were
steady, quoted mostly at 16.00-17.00; brewers were steady to instances 1.00
lower, quoted mostly at 13.50-16.00. Rice by-products: Offers for rice bran were
steady to 10.00 higher; millfeed was unevenly 2.00 higher to 3.00 lower; hulls
were steady to 3.00 lower.

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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