The following are analysts' estimates in millions of acres for the 2012 U.S. acreage report, as compiled by Dow Jones Newswires.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is scheduled to release its report at 8:30 a.m. EDT (1230 GMT) Friday. Parentheses denote the number of estimates in that average and range.

USDA 
                                         March 30   2011 
                  Average     Range      Plantings  Seedings 
Corn (18)         95.962  94.300-96.759  95.864     91.921 
Soybeans (18)     75.575  74.500-76.540  73.902     74.976 
Spring Wheat(13)  12.656  12.000-13.476  11.976     12.394 
Durum (12-)        2.299   2.176-2.450    2.223      1.369 
All Wheat (14)    56.851  55.900-59.344  55.908     54.409 
 
                                        Other          All 
                        Corn   Soybeans Spring  Durum  Wheat 
ABN Amro                96.500 74.500   12.400  2.200  56.400 
ADM Inv Srvcs           96.000 75.500   12.800  2.200  56.700 
Agrisource              96.100 75.400    n/a     n/a    n/a 
Agrivisor               95.500 76.500   13.300  2.300  57.600 
Allendale               96.078 75.153   12.216  2.176  56.255 
Citigroup               95.114 76.402   12.750  2.350  59.344 
Doane                   96.100 75.500   12.610  2.450  56.800 
Farm Futures            96.400 75.900   12.400   n/a   56.500 
Global Comm Analytics   94.300 75.000    n/a     n/a    n/a 
Informa*                96.759 75.959   13.476  2.425  57.610 
Jefferies Bache         95.761 76.540   12.726  2.382  56.792 
Kropf & Love            96.000 75.500   12.900  2.200  56.900 
Newedge USA             95.600 75.200   12.000  2.200  55.900 
PFG Best                96.500 75.400    n/a     n/a    n/a 
Prime Ag                96.000 76.000    n/a     n/a   56.000 
Rice Dairy              96.040 75.100   12.550  2.350  56.609 
RJ O'Brien              96.200 74.900   12.400  2.350  56.500 
US Commodities          96.360 75.900    n/a     n/a    n/a

*From trade sources

-Write to Andrew Johnson Jr. at andrew.johnsonjr@dowjones.com

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June 25, 2012 14:43 ET (18:43 GMT)