LITTLE ROCK - Dec 15/14 - 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 Trend In the south, long and medium grain milled rice prices steady. Parboiled prices steady. Seconds heads and Brewers prices steady. Rice by-products: rice bran, millfeed and ground hulls prices steady on limited comparable sales with most contacts still shipping previously sold by-products. In California, medium and short grain rice prices fully steady. Second heads and Brewers prices fully steady. Rice by-products: rice bran and hull prices fully steady. California paddy rice is seeing some weakness in prices. CME Rough Rice settlements for Friday Dec 12th, Jan 15 closed .265 higher at 12.35; Mar 15 closed .26 higher at 12.615; May 15 closed .265 higher at 12.89. US dollar index on Friday settled at 88.32. Arkansas Texas Louisiana California MILLED RICE Long grain 24.00-27.00 25.50-28.50 24.50 ----- Medium grain 30.00 ----- 29.00 43.00-47.00 Short grain ----- ----- ----- 44.00-48.00 Parboiled 26.00-30.00 32.50 32.50 ----- Second heads 21.00-22.50 20.00-27.00 20.00 24.00-31.00 Brewers 18.00-20.00 18.00-19.00 18.50 19.00-24.00 ROUGH RICE Long grain ----- ----- NE ----- Domestic shipment: Offers, fob mills, milled rice, spot prices, dollars per cwt, bagged. (All milled rice grade No 2 not to exceed 4 percent broken, 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. Rice by-products (spot prices, dollars per short ton, fob mills). Rice bran 125.00-145.00 140.00-180.00 132.00 160.00-175.00 Rice millfeed 65.00 NE NE ----- Rice hulls(ground) 30.00-35.00 NE NE 50.00-60.00 Rice hulls(whole) 8.00 *M = mostly. *NE = Not Established. Source: USDA Market News Service, Little Rock, AR
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