USDA released its Prospective Plantings report on March 30, declaring that U.S. corn growers intend to plant 95.9 million acres of corn for all purposes in 2012, up 4 percent from last year and 9 percent higher than in 2010. If realized, USDA said this will represent the highest planted acreage in the U.S. since 1937, when an estimated 97.2 million acres were planted.