LITTLE ROCK - Oct 6/14 - 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 prices trending steady. Parboiled, Second heads and Brewers all trending steady. Rice by-products: rice bran, millfeed and ground hulls all trending steady. Louisiana Rough Rice price quotes trending steady to weak on very limited trades as most inventory continues to be placed in storage. Harvest in Texas and Louisiana completed. Harvest in Arkansas is slowly progressing, however spotty showers seem to be slowing the progress. In California, medium and short grain prices trending steady. Second heads and Brewers prices trending steady. Rice by-products: rice bran and ground hulls prices steady. Rice harvest under way with some slowing due to recent rains. However, warmer weather occurring which should allow farmers to catch up. CME Rough Rice settlements for Friday Oct 3rd, Nov 14 closed .03 higher at 12.585; Jan 15 closed .02 higher at 12.735. US dollar index on Friday settled at 86.64. Arkansas Texas Louisiana California MILLED RICE Long grain 25.00-28.00 25.50-28.50 25.50 ----- Medium grain 30.50-34.25 ----- 29.00 45.00-48.00 Short grain ----- ----- ----- 46.00 Parboiled 27.00-31.50 32.50 33.50 ----- Second heads 22.00-25.00 20.00-27.00 20.00 21.00-25.00 Brewers 19.00-24.00 19.00 18.50 21.00-24.00 ROUGH RICE Long grain ----- ----- 12.36-12.67 ----- 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 135.00-150.00 130.00-150.00 120.00-125.00 175.00-200.00 Rice millfeed 60.00 55.00 40.00-45.00 ----- Rice hulls(ground) 25.00-30.00 15.00-25.00 7.00-12.00 70.00 *M = mostly. *NE = Not Established. Source: USDA Market News Service-AR Dept. of Ag Little Rock, AR
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