The following are analysts' estimates in billions of bushels for 2011-12 U.S. grain and soybean ending stocks, as compiled by Dow Jones Newswires.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is scheduled to release updated supply and demand tables at 8:30 a.m. EST (1330 GMT) Friday. Parentheses denote the number of estimates in that average and range.

Feb 
                                     2011-12 2010-11 
                Average    Range     USDA    USDA 
Corn (16)       0.787   0.746-0.825  0.801   1.128 
Soybeans (16)   0.258   0.225-0.275  0.275   0.215 
Wheat (15)      0.839   0.811-0.898  0.845   0.862 
 
                             Corn   Soybeans  Wheat 
ABN Amro                     0.801  0.275     0.825 
AgriSource                   0.790  0.265     0.835 
AgriVisor                    0.825  0.260     0.845 
Allendale                    0.772  0.246     0.811 
Citigroup                    0.801  0.245     0.845 
Doane Advisory Srvcs         0.801  0.250     0.825 
Farm Futures                 0.776  0.260     0.845 
Global Comm Analytics        0.796  0.260     0.835 
Jefferies Bache              0.751  0.275     0.830 
Kropf and Love               0.746  0.246     0.814 
Newedge USA                  0.821  0.265     0.898 
P.F.G. Best                  0.790  0.268     0.850 
Prime Ag Consultants         0.801  0.275     0.845 
Risk Management Commodities  0.750  0.225     n/a 
Rice Dairy                   0.776  0.250     0.825 
US Commodities               0.790  0.265     0.860

-By Owen Fletcher, Dow Jones Newswires; 312-750-4120; owen.fletcher@dowjones.com

(Andrew Johnson Jr. and Ian Berry contributed to this article.)

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March 06, 2012 12:23 ET (17:23 GMT)