U.S. National Weekly Rice Summary

LITTLE ROCK - Aug 18/08 - 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     40.00-45.00     42.00-46.00    37.50-41.00
Medium grain   42.00-45.00                          40.00    45.00-49.00
Short grain                                                  49.00-50.00
Parboiled      44.00-49.00     46.00-52.00          54.00
Second heads   28.50-29.00     28.50-29.00    23.00-28.50    35.00-44.00
Brewers        25.00-27.00     27.00-29.00    19.00-27.00    25.00-41.00

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

Rice bran     110.00-130.00  120.00-125.00          85.00  165.00-190.00
Rice millfeed   52.00-60.00       no quote          50.00
Rice hulls            25.00       no quote    12.00-15.00          24.00

                             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 in
California.

   In the south, long grain rice price quotes were steady to weak, quoted mostly
at 40.00-42.00; medium grain prices were steady to firm in very tight supply;
parboiled quotes were steady to instances 2.00 lower, quoted mostly at 44.00-
46.00; second heads were steady to instances 1.00 lower; brewers were steady,
quoted mostly at 27.00. Rice by-products: Offers for rice bran ranged 3.00 lower
to 10.00 higher; millfeed was steady to 6.00 lower; hulls were steady.

   In California, medium grain milled rice prices were steady, quoted mostly at
46.50-47.50; short grain prices were steady; second heads were steady, quoted
mostly at 35.00-37.00; brewers were steady, quoted mostly at 25.00-27.00. Rice
bran was steady, quoted mostly at 165.00; rice hulls were steady.

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

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