LR_GR410 Little Rock, AR Mon Feb 6, 2012 USDA- AR Coop Ext Service 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 25.50-27.00 26.00-27.50 25.50-26.25 Medium grain 29.00-30.00 29.00-32.00 34.50-35.00 Short grain 35.50-36.00 Parboiled 28.50-34.00 29.00-34.00 38.00 Second heads 17.00-18.50 17.50 16.00-18.50 21.00 Brewers 14.00-17.00 16.50 16.50 18.00 ROUGH RICE Long grain NA NA 12.23 NA Feed by-products (spot prices, dollars per short ton, fob mills). Rice bran 165.00-185.00 220.00 200.00-215.00 N 160.00-165.00 Rice millfeed 90.00 no quote 85.00-90.00 Rice hulls 50.00 no quote no quote 3.00-4.00 Domestic Situation Domestic milled rice price quotes were steady to lower this week in the south and steady in California. By-products were steady to lower in the south and in California. Bids for Louisiana rough rice were unchanged. In the south, long grain rice price quotes were steady to 3.00 lower; medium grain prices were steady; parboiled quotes were steady to 2.50 lower, quoted mostly at 28.50-31.00; second heads were steady to instances 1.00 higher; brewers were uneven, mostly steady. Rice by-products: Offers for rice bran were steady to 20.00 lower; millfeed was 5.00 to 25.00 lower; hulls were steady. Louisiana rough rice was steady. In California, medium grain milled rice prices were steady; Short grain milled rice was steady; second heads were steady; brewers were steady. Rice bran was steady; hulls were steady. *N = Nominal. Source: USDA- AR Coop Ext Service, Little Rock, AR Steve Cheney (501)671-2200 www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/LR_GR410.txt