LR_GR410 
Little Rock, AR    Mon Apr 23, 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 
prices 5.00 to 40.00 lower; Millfeed and Rice Hulls steady on limited trades. 
Rough rice supplies are tightening up as old crop is ending and new crops 
beginning.  April 22 NASS rice crop progress report:  percent planted in 
Arkansas 53, Louisiana 90, Mississippi 40, Missouri 35, and Texas 74.  Rice 
emerged percentage:  Arkansas 11, Louisiana 73, Mississippi 10 and Texas 62. 
   In California, medium grain milled rice prices steady.  Second heads and 
Brewers steady.  Rice by-products: Rice Bran steady.  Rice hulls market not 
established as most mills continue to pay for disposal of rice hulls. 
   CME Rough Rice settlements for Monday 23rd, May 18 closed .075 higher at 
13.065; Jly 18 closed .075 higher at 13.145; Sep 18 closed .035 higher at 
12.20.  US dollar index on Monday settled at 90.93. 
 
                    Arkansas          Texas         Louisiana      California 
MILLED RICE 
Long white         25.50-26.00        26.75           26.00           ----- 
Long brown         26.75-27.50        28.75            NA             ----- 
Medium white       29.00-31.50        -----           28.00        39.00-42.00 
Medium brown           NA             -----            NA          39.00-42.00 
Short white           -----           -----           -----            NA 
Parboiled          26.50-28.00        32.50           -----           ----- 
Second heads       16.50-19.00     13.50-15.00        12.00        16.00-19.00 
Brewers            14.00-15.50     12.25-13.00        10.50        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      80.00-105.00   95.00-100.00    100.00-140.00   150.00-160.00 
Rice millfeed         40.00           45.00             NA            ----- 
Rice hulls          5.00-10.00         5.00             NA             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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April 23, 2018 16:47 ET (20:47 GMT)