U.S. National Weekly Rice Summary

LITTLE ROCK - Aug 26/13 - 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         28.00-30.00    28.50-31.50    28.00-28.50
Medium grain       28.50-28.75                   29.00-32.00     31.00-32.50
Short grain                                                            33.50
Parboiled          30.50-33.00    30.50-35.50          34.50
Second heads             18.50          18.00    18.00-18.50     23.50-24.00
Brewers            16.00-17.25    16.00-17.00    14.25-16.00     17.50-19.00
ROUGH RICE
Long grain              NA             NA              15.10          NA
Feed by-products (spot prices, dollars per short ton, fob mills).
Rice bran        160.00-210.00         200.00  170.00-175.00   190.00-215.00
Rice millfeed            65.00       no quote          65.00
Rice hulls         20.00-25.00       no quote           8.00       1.00-4.00
                             Domestic Situation
   Domestic milled rice price quotes were steady this week in the south and
steady in California. By-products were steady to lower in the south and steady
in California. Bids for Louisiana rough rice were unchanged.
   In the south, long grain rice price quotes were steady, quoted mostly at
28.00-29.50; medium grain prices were steady; parboiled quotes were steady,
quoted mostly at 30.50-32.00; second heads were steady; brewers were steady,
quoted mostly at 16.00-16.50. Rice by-products: Offers for rice bran were steady
to 10.00 lower; rice millfeed was steady; hulls were steady. Louisiana rough
rice was unchanged.
   In California, medium grain milled rice prices were steady; Short grain
milled rice was steady; second heads were steady; brewers were steady. Rice bran
was steady; hulls were steady.
*N = nominal.
*M = mostly.
Source:   USDA- AR Coop Ext Service, Little Rock, AR

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