Rough rice: Average price received by farmers by month and market

							Appendix table 16--Rough rice: Average price received by farmers by month and market year by class 1/
Item                                          2008/09               2009/10           2010/11           2011/12
Long-grain:
                                                                              $/cwt
Month:
  August                                         18.00                13.00              10.30            12.40
  September                                      16.90                13.10               9.98            13.70
  October                                        16.80                12.80              10.10            14.10
  November                                       16.40                13.10              10.60            13.90
  December                                       16.30                13.60              11.30            13.80
  January                                        15.50                13.60              11.80            13.60
  February                                       14.50                13.50              12.00            13.40 2/
  March                                          13.70                13.10              11.60
  April                                          12.90                12.80              11.20
  May                                            12.80                12.60              10.90
  June                                           12.80                11.90              11.00
  July                                           12.50                11.30              11.40


Season-average price:                            14.90                12.90              11.00      13.20-13.80 3/


Medium/short-grain:
                                                                              $/cwt
Month:
  August                                         20.20                24.20              17.10            19.00
  September                                      16.10                22.60              16.90            17.80
  October                                        22.20                17.90              18.80            15.90
  November                                       25.60                18.30              18.90            15.70
  December                                       24.90                17.80              19.50            15.20
  January                                        26.00                18.40              19.60            15.20
  February                                       24.80                18.10              18.80            15.30 2/
  March                                          25.90                17.90              18.50
  April                                          26.30                18.40              18.60
  May                                            25.40                17.90              19.00
  June                                           25.30                17.50              18.40
  July                                           25.70                16.90              19.00


Season-average price:                            24.80                18.40              18.80      15.40-16.00 3/
1/ August 1 to July 31 marketing year. USDA first reported monthly price by class in 2008/09. 2/ Mid-month only.
3/ Forecasted range in the March 2012 World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report,
Sources: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service, Quick Stat data base and Agricultural Prices.
Updated March 16, 2012.