U.S. National Weekly Rice Summary

LITTLE ROCK - Nov 17/08 - 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     33.50-38.00     34.00-38.00    33.50-34.00
Medium grain   44.00-46.50                    40.00-46.50    45.00-52.50
Short grain                                                  49.00-53.50
Parboiled      36.50-41.00     37.00-46.00          46.00
Second heads   28.00-29.50     29.00-29.50    24.00-29.50    35.00-46.50
Brewers        25.00-28.00     28.00-29.00    23.00-28.00    26.00-35.00

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

Rice bran     120.00-140.00  135.00-145.00  125.00-130.00  130.00-180.00
Rice millfeed   62.00-72.00       no quote          60.00
Rice hulls      30.00-40.00       no quote       no quote          16.00

                             Domestic Situation

   Domestic milled rice price quotes were steady to lower in south and steady
in California this week. By-products were uneven in the south and steady to
lower in California.

   In the south, long grain rice price quotes were steady, quoted mostly at
33.50-34.00; medium grain prices were steady, quoted mostly at 44.00-46.50;
parboiled quotes were steady to instances 1.00 lower, quoted mostly at 36.50-
37.00; second heads were steady, quoted mostly at 28.00-29.50; brewers were
steady. Rice by-products: Offers for rice bran were steady to 10.00 higher;
millfeed was steady; hulls were steady.

   In California, medium grain milled rice prices were steady, quoted mostly at
45.00-47.50; short grain prices were steady; second heads were steady, quoted
mostly at 35.00-37.00; brewers were steady, quoted mostly at 26.00-28.00. Rice
bran was steady, quoted mostly at 130.00; rice hulls were steady.

Source:   USDA-AR Extension Service, Little Rock, AR

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