U.S. National Weekly Rice Summary

LITTLE ROCK - Jul 26/10 - 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      20.00-22.00     21.50-27.75    20.00-20.50
Medium grain    25.50-30.00                    25.50-32.00    30.00-31.00
Short grain                                                   31.00-32.00
Parboiled       23.00-27.50     24.00-36.00          32.00
Second heads    17.50-19.00     17.50-18.50          17.50    19.00-21.00
Brewers         16.50-17.50     16.50-18.50    14.50-16.50    17.00-19.00

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

Rice bran        60.00-75.00    60.00-70.00    55.00-60.00   90.00-100.00
Rice millfeed          28.00    30.00-33.00          25.00
Rice hulls              5.00      5.00-8.00       no quote          10.00

                             Domestic Situation

   Domestic milled rice price quotes were mostly steady in the 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, quoted mostly at
20.00-21.50; medium grain prices were steady, quoted mostly at 25.50-30.00;
parboiled quotes were steady to instances 50 cents lower, quoted mostly at
23.00-25.50; second heads were steady, quoted mostly at 17.50; brewers were
steady, quoted mostly at 16.50. Rice by-products: Offers for rice bran were
unevenly 5.00 higher to 5.00 lower; millfeed was steady to 3.00 lower;
hulls were steady to 3.00 higher.

   In California, medium grain milled rice prices were steady; short grain
prices were steady; second heads were steady; brewers were steady. Rice bran was
steady; hulls were steady.

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

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