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CHICAGO (Dow Jones)--The following are analysts' estimates in billions of bushels for 2007-08 U.S. corn and soybean production based on conditions as of Nov. 1, as compiled by Dow Jones Newswires. The U.S. Department of Agriculture is scheduled to release its November production report at 8:30 a.m. EST (1330 GMT) Friday. Parentheses denote the number of estimates in that average and range.

	Average	Range	October USDA	2006 Output
Corn (24)	13.261	13.083-13.485	13.318	10.535
Soybeans (24)	2.606	2.573-2.662	2.598	3.188
YIELD:
Corn (24)	154.1	152.8-156.7	154.7	149.1
Soybeans (24)	41.5	41.0-42.4	41.4	42.7

	Corn		Soybeans
	Crop	Yield	Crop	Yield
ADM	13.233	153.7	2.579	41.1
A.G. Edwards & Sons	13.225	153.7	2.608	41.5
AgriVisor	13.341	155.0	2.638	42.0
Alaron	13.325	154.8	2.590	41.3
Allendale	13.246	153.9	2.613	41.6
Citigroup	13.485	156.7	2.579	41.2
Country Hedging	13.302	154.5	2.662	42.4
Farm Futures	13.300	154.8	2.630	41.9
FC Stone	13.240	153.8	2.651	42.2
Fimat	13.302	154.5	2.616	41.6
Fortis	13.260	154.0	2.575	41.0
Iowa Grain	13.152	152.8	2.585	41.2
Informa*	13.193	153.3	2.628	41.8
Kropf & Love	13.318	154.7	2.598	41.4
Linn Group	13.266	154.1	2.591	41.26
MIDCO	13.293	154.4	2.625	41.4
Midwest Mkt Solutions	13.083	153.2	2.602	41.4
N. America Risk Mang	13.255	154.0	2.575	41.1
Prime Ag. Consultants	13.345	155.0	2.606	41.5
Prudential Financial	13.209	153.5	2.586	41.2
Risk Management Com	13.182	153.1	2.573	41.0
R.J. O'Brien	13.169	153.0	2.608	41.5
STA Trading Services	13.277	154.2	2.598	41.4
US Commodities	13.268	154.1	2.619	41.7