DJ SURVEY: USDA 2007 US Prospective Plantings Report                             
 
  CHICAGO (Dow Jones)--The following are analysts' estimates in millions of
acres for 2007 U.S. prospective planting report, as compiled by Dow Jones
Newswires. The U.S. Department of Agriculture is scheduled to release its
report at 7:30 a.m. CDT (1230 GMT) Friday, March 30. Parentheses denote the
number of estimates in that average and range.
 
 
                                                   2006
                         Average     Range         Seedings
Corn (22)                 88.061   86.300-90.760   78.327
Soybeans (22)             69.167   65.927-70.800   75.522
Winter Wheat (12)         43.982   43.489-44.300   40.575
Other Spring Wheat (14)   13.676   12.500-14.400   14.899
Durum (11)                 1.977    1.700-2.350     1.870
All Wheat (12)            59.750   58.900-60.493   57.344
 ** In the January Winter Wheat Seedings Report, USDA estimated 2007 winter
wheat plantings at 44.089 million acres.
 
                                Winter  Other        All
                Corn   Soybeans Wheat   Spring Durum Wheat
ADM Inv. Ser.   90.000  67.000   n/a    13.900  n/a  60.000
A.G. Edwards    88.000  69.500  44.089  14.100 1.811 60.000
Agrivisor       86.900  70.000  43.600  13.400 1.900 58.900
Alaron          86.500  70.000   n/a    12.500  n/a    n/a
Allendale       90.760  65.927  44.109  14.314 2.070 60.493
Citigroup       88.000  67.800  43.489  14.200 1.950 59.600
Country Hedging 88.870  69.080   n/a    13.860  n/a    n/a
Fimat           88.300  68.500  43.600  14.400 2.200 60.200
Fortis          87.500  70.800  44.089  12.600 1.900   n/a
Informa *       87.834  70.384   n/a      n/a   n/a    n/a
Iowa Grain      86.400  70.400   n/a      n/a   n/a    n/a
Kropf/Love      87.300  69.700  44.300  13.830 2.170 60.300
Linn Group      87.262  69.082  44.090    n/a   n/a  59.000
Midco           88.300  69.500   n/a      n/a   n/a    n/a
Midwest Mkt Sol 88.900  69.200  44.100  13.700 1.700 59.500
N. Am Risk Man. 87.800  69.300  44.089  13.900 1.900 59.900
Prime Ag        88.000  70.000   n/a      n/a   n/a    n/a
Prudential      88.810  69.000  44.134  12.963 2.350 59.402
Risk Mang Com.  88.000  69.000   n/a      n/a   n/a    n/a
RJ O'Brien      86.300  70.500  44.100  13.800 1.800 59.700
STA Trdg Ser.   88.300  69.000   n/a      n/a   n/a    n/a
US Commodities  89.300  68.000   n/a      n/a   n/a    n/a
 * From Trade Sources
 
 
  -By Andrew Johnson Jr, Tom Polansek, Joe Poncer, Dow Jones Newswires;
312-347-4604; andrew.johnsonjr@dowjones.com
 
 
 
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