U.S. National Weekly Rice Summary

LITTLE ROCK - Apr 22/13 - 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.) Rough rice per cwt FOB farm for grade 2, milling 55/70.
                     Arkansas        Texas       Louisiana       California
MILLED RICE
Long grain         28.00-29.00    28.50-30.50    28.00-29.00
Medium grain       28.50-28.75                   28.75-32.00     32.50-33.00
Short grain                                                            33.50
Parboiled          30.50-33.00    30.50-34.50          34.50
Second heads       18.00-18.50          18.00          18.00     18.00-23.00
Brewers            14.50-16.50    15.50-17.00    14.25-16.00     16.00-17.50
ROUGH RICE
Long grain              NA               NA             15.80        NA
Feed by-products (spot prices, dollars per short ton, fob mills).
Rice bran         175.00-200.00        190.00 170.00-180.00 215.00-235.00
Rice millfeed             75.00         75.00         65.00
Rice hulls          25.00-30.00   15.00-25.00   10.00-15.00     1.00-4.00
                             Domestic Situation
   Domestic milled rice price quotes were steady this week in the south and
steady to lower in California. By-products were uneven in the south and in
California. Bids for Louisiana rough rice were unchanged from last week.
   In the south, long grain rice price quotes were steady, quoted mostly at
28.00-29.00; medium grain prices were steady; parboiled quotes were steady,
quoted mostly at 30.50-31.50; second heads were steady; brewers were steady,
quoted mostly at 14.50-16.00. Rice by-products: Offers for rice bran were steady
to 5.00 higher; millfeed was steady to 5.00 lower; hulls were steady to 5.00
higher. Louisiana rough rice was unchanged.
   In California, medium grain milled rice prices were steady to 50 cents lower;
Short grain milled rice was steady; second heads were steady; brewers were
steady. Rice bran was uneven; hulls were steady.
*N = nominal.
*M = mostly.
Source:   USDA- AR Coop Ext Service, Little Rock, AR

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