The following table is provided as a service to Dow Jones Newswires subscribers in conjunction with the U.S. Department of Agriculture's prospective planting and quarterly grain stocks reports. The reports are scheduled for release at 8:30 a.m. EDT (1230 GMT) Friday.

Estimates are in millions of acres for 2012 U.S. prospective plantings and billions of bushels for grain stocks as of March 1.

Prospective Plantings

                                                                                                                  2011

                         Average     Range     Seedings 

   Corn                   94.7      93.7-95.7   91.921 

   Soybeans               75.5      74.5-76.7   74.976 

   Winter Wheat           42.0      41.5-42.6   40.646 

   Other Spring Wheat     13.4      12.1-14.5   12.394 

   Durum                   2.3       1.5-2.5     1.369 

   All Wheat              57.6      56.6-58.3   54.409 

   Cotton                 12.74    11.50-13.10  14.73

** In the January Winter Wheat Seedings Report, USDA estimated 2012 winter wheat plantings at 41.947 million acres.

Grain Stocks

                                                                                       2011 Dec. 1               2011 Mar. 1