The following are analysts' estimates in billions of bushels for U.S. grain and soybean stocks as of September 1, 2012, 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.

2012 Jun. 1 2011 Sep. 1 
                                     USDA        USDA 
               Average    Range      Stocks      Stocks 
Corn (16)      1.126   0.887-1.261   3.149       1.128 
Soybeans (16)  0.132   0.115-0.152   0.667       0.215 
Wheat (14)     2.281   2.159-2.533   0.743       2.147 
 
                         Corn   Soybeans  Wheat 
ABN Amro                 1.225  0.140     2.450 
ADM Investor Services    1.110  0.136     2.266 
AgriSource               1.200  0.125      n/a 
Agrivisor                1.125  0.126     2.230 
Allendale                1.181  0.148     2.276 
Citigroup                1.130  0.115     2.159 
Doane Advisory Services  1.071  0.140     2.533 
Farm Futures             1.007  0.121     2.186 
Jefferies/Bache          1.261  0.152     2.271 
Kropf/Love Consulting    1.000  0.125     2.266 
Linn Group               0.887  0.116     2.266 
Newedge USA              1.085  0.130     2.228 
Prime Ag                 1.181  0.145     2.270 
Rice Dairy               1.112  0.130     2.250 
RJ O'Brien               1.238  0.125     2.287 
U.S. Commodities         1.195  0.132      n/a

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September 25, 2012 08:30 ET (12:30 GMT)