HDR1012000110091031950830Rice Stocks                                            
HDR2012000110091031950830Rice Stocks Narrative                                  
                                                                                
Released October 31, 1995, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service      
(NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, U.S. Department of Agriculture.  For     
information on "Rice Stocks" call Dan Kerestes at (202) 720-9526, office hours  
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                         California Stocks Up From 1994                         
                                                                                
Rough rice stocks in California in all positions on October 1 totaled           
4.93 million cwt, up 100 percent from last year.  This total included           
4.19 million cwt of medium varieties, 219,000 cwt of long grain varieties, and  
522,000 cwt of short grain rice.  The California October 1 rough rice stocks    
were down 52 percent from August 1 stocks.                                      
                                                                                
Milled rice stocks in all positions totaled 1.15 million cwt, 31 percent above  
the comparable figure for a year ago.  Milled rice stocks were comprised of     
837,000 cwt of whole kernel rice and 312,000 cwt of second heads, screenings,   
and brewers rice.                                                               
                                                                                
                                                                                
Gr Lg 11-3 (10-95)                                                              
                                                                                
                                                                                
HDR2012000110091031950830Rice Stocks:  By Positions, California                 
                                                                                
          Rice Stocks:  By Positions, California, October 1, 1994-95            
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          :  On Farms   :  In Mills   :  In Whses  :            :               
          :     or      :     and     :    Not     :  In Ports  :    Total      
  Date    :    Farm     :  Attached   :  Attached  :    or in   :     All       
          :    Whses    :   Whses     :  To Mills  :  Transit   :  Positions    
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1995      :                     Rough Rice - 1,000 Cwt                          
          :                                                                     
  Oct 1   :                     693        4,234  1/        0         4,927     
          :                                                                     
          :                     Milled Rice - 1,000 Cwt                         
          :                                                                     
  Oct 1   :                   1,149            0            0         1,149     
          :                                                                     
          :                     Rough Rice - Metric Tons                        
          :                                                                     
  Oct 1   :                  31,430      192,050  1/        0       223,480     
          :                                                                     
          :                     Milled Rice - Metric Tons                       
          :                                                                     
  Oct 1   :                  52,120            0            0        52,120     
          :                                                                     
1994      :                     Rough Rice - 1,000 Cwt                          
          :                                                                     
  Oct 1   :                     116        2,353  1/        0         2,469     
          :                                                                     
          :                     Milled Rice - 1,000 Cwt                         
          :                                                                     
  Oct 1   :                     875            0            0           875     
          :                                                                     
          :                     Rough Rice - Metric Tons                        
          :                                                                     
  Oct 1   :                   5,260      106,730  1/        0       111,990     
          :                                                                     
          :                     Milled Rice - Metric Tons                       
          :                                                                     
  Oct 1   :                  39,690            0            0        39,690     
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1/  Includes small amount stored on farms.                                      
                                                                                
                                                                                
HDR2012000110091031950830Rough Rice Stocks                                      
                                                                                
           Rough Rice Stocks:  By Length of Grain in All Positions,             
                        California, October 1, 1994-95                          
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          :      Long       :    Medium     :     Short     :      Total        
  State   :-------------------------------------------------------------------  
          :  1994  :  1995  : 1994  : 1995  : 1994  : 1995  :  1994  :  1995    
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          :                                                                     
          :                             1,000 Cwt                               
          :                                                                     
CA        :    114     219   1,906   4,186     449     522    2,469    4,927    
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HDR2012000110091031950830Milled Rice Stocks                                     
                                                                                
            Milled Rice Stocks:  By Length of Grain in All Positions,           
                          California, October 1, 1994-95                        
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          :                      Whole Kernels (Head Rice)                      
          :-------------------------------------------------------------------  
  State   :      Long       :    Medium     :     Short     :      Total        
          :-------------------------------------------------------------------  
          :  1994  :  1995  : 1994  : 1995  : 1994  : 1995  :  1994  :  1995    
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          :                             1,000 Cwt                               
          :                                                                     
CA        :     43      51     596     749      51      37      690      837    
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          :                           Broken Kernels                            
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          : Second Heads 1/ :  Screenings   :    Brewers    :      Total        
          :-------------------------------------------------------------------  
          :  1994  :  1995  : 1994  : 1995  : 1994  : 1995  :  1994  :  1995    
          :-------------------------------------------------------------------  
          :                             1,000 Cwt                               
          :                                                                     
CA        :    164     279                      21      33      185      312    
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1/  Includes Screenings.                                                        
                                                                                
                                                                                
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