LR_GR410 
Little Rock, AR   Mon Aug 03, 2015   USDA Market News Service 
 
                       National Weekly Rice Summary 
                 (Arkansas-Louisiana-Texas-California) 
 
                             Domestic Trend 
 
   In the south, long and medium grain milled rice prices steady.  Parboiled, 
Second Heads and Brewers rice prices steady to weak.  Rice by-products:  Rice 
Bran and Millfeed prices steady to weak on limited confirmed spot sales.  Ground 
hulls not well tested.  Louisiana farmers are currently harvesting while other 
boarding states are not too far behind.  No concrete data back at this time, 
however the word on the street is that field yields are somewhat lacking. 
 
   In California, medium grain milled rice prices steady to firm.  Second heads 
and Brewers rice prices steady to weak.  Rice by-products:  Rice Bran prices 
weak; ground hull prices not well tested.  Majority of California new crop rice 
remains good to excellent condition. 
 
   CME Rough Rice settlements for Friday Jul 31th, Sep 15 closed .08 higher at 
11.515; Nov 15 closed .075 higher at 11.775; Jan 16 closed .08 higher at 12.05. 
US 
dollar index on Friday settled at 97.22. 
 
                    Arkansas          Texas         Louisiana      California 
MILLED RICE 
Long grain         21.00-23.00     22.50-26.75        22.50           ----- 
Medium grain          27.00           -----           28.00        40.00-45.00 
Short grain           -----           -----           -----            NA 
Parboiled          24.00-25.00        31.50           32.00           ----- 
Second heads          17.50        18.00-22.00        18.00        17.00-22.00 
Brewers            14.50-16.25     16.00-18.00     15.00-16.50     14.00-18.00 
 
   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          60.00-80.00     80.00-90.00     70.00-90.00     95.00-120.00 
Rice millfeed      35.00-40.00         NA              NA             ----- 
Rice hulls(ground)   M 5.00            NA              NA          30.00-35.00 
Rice hulls(whole)                                                      8.00 
 
*M = mostly 
*NFE = not fully established 
*NA = not available 
 
Source:  USDA Market News Service, Little Rock, AR 
         James M. Ward, (501)671-2203 JamesM.Ward@ams.usda.gov 
         www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/LR_GR410.txt 
         www.ams.usda.gov/lsmarketnews

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