U.S. National Weekly Rice Summary

LITTLE ROCK - May 2/11 - 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.) Rough rice per cwt FOB farm for grade 2, milling 55/70.

                  Arkansas         Texas       Louisiana      California
MILLED RICE
Long grain      23.50-25.00     24.00-30.00    23.50-25.00
Medium grain    35.50-36.00                    32.00-35.50    38.00-42.00
Short grain                                                     No quote
Parboiled       28.50-33.50     29.00-38.00          36.00
Second heads          15.00           15.00    15.00-16.00    17.25-18.00
Brewers         12.00-13.50     13.00-13.50    12.00-13.50    14.00-15.00

ROUGH RICE
Long grain               NA              NA           10.90            NA

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

Rice bran       90.00-110.00  110.00-120.00         110.00  140.00-150.00
Rice millfeed    40.00-50.00    50.00-55.00          40.00
Rice hulls       10.00-20.00       no quote       no quote           8.00

                             Domestic Situation

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

   In the south, long grain rice price quotes were steady, quoted mostly at
23.50-24.00; medium grain prices were steady; parboiled quotes were steady,
quoted mostly at 28.50-30.50; second heads were steady, quoted mostly at 15.00;
brewers were steady, quoted mostly at 12.00-13.00. Rice by-products: Offers for
rice bran were steady to 5.00 higher; millfeed was steady to 10.00 lower; hulls
were steady to 5.00 lower. Louisiana rough rice was 32 cents lower.

   In California, medium grain milled rice prices were steady; Short grain
milled rice was in very short supply for spot sales, not enough new sales to
quote a market; second heads were steady to 50 cents higher; brewers were
steady. Rice bran was steady; hulls were steady.

Source:   USDA- AR Coop Ext Service, Little Rock, AR

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