USDA Ark/Louisiana/Tex/Calif Weekly Rice Review - Feb 21
February 21 2018 - 9:32AM
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LR_GR410
Little Rock, AR Tue Feb 20, 2018 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
prices steady. Second heads and Brewers steady. Rice by-products: Rice Bran,
Millfeed and Rice Hulls steady.
In California, medium grain milled rice prices steady. Second heads and
Brewers steady. Rice by-products: Rice Bran prices steady; Rice hulls market
not established. Mills are having to pay for disposal of rice hulls.
CME Rough Rice settlements for Tuesday 20th, Mar 18 closed .16 lower at
11.855; May 18 closed .175 lower at 12.055; Jly 18 closed .18 lower at 12.275.
US dollar index on Monday settled at 89.73.
Arkansas Texas Louisiana California
MILLED RICE
Long white 25.50 24.50-25.50 25.00 -----
Long brown 26.50-27.50 27.50 NA -----
Medium white 27.00-31.50 ----- 28.00 39.00-42.00
Medium brown NA ----- NA 39.00-42.00
Short white ----- ----- ----- NA
Parboiled 26.50-27.50 29.50 ----- -----
Second heads 16.50-18.00 13.50-15.00 12.00 16.00-19.00
Brewers 15.00-15.50 12.25-13.00 9.50 13.00-15.00
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.)
Rice by-products (spot prices, dollars per short ton, fob mills).
Rice fat bran 100.00-110.00 100.00-150.00 120.00-140.00 135.00-145.00
Rice millfeed 40.00 45.00 40.00 -----
Rice hulls 5.00-8.00 5.00 5.00 0.00
*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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