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The Agriculture Department on Thursday raised its yield estimates for corn and soybeans and predicted stronger production for both commodities in its November crop report.

The Agriculture Department on Thursday cut its yield estimates for corn and soybeans, resulting in lower production forecasts for both crops.

Volatile commodity markets are allowing international agricultural trading companies to rake in big profits in shadowy financial markets even as food insecurity increases in some of the most vulnerable regions of the globe, says a new analysis from the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development that calls for regulations to rein in the excesses.

USDA lowered its estimates for corn and soybean yields Tuesday in a move generally expected following hot and dry weather in August.

The U.S. is escalating its dispute with Mexico over the country’s ban on genetically modified white corn and its intent to eventually bar all biotech corn from food and animal feed by calling for the establishment of a dispute panel under the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement.

The Department of Agriculture said it's expecting smaller harvests of corn, soybeans and other crops this year based on producer surveys compiled in a monthly report falling largely in line with trader expectations.