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BMO Says Return Of Mexican Cattle Is "Clear Positive" For Two Beaten-Down Meatpackers Following the USDA's announcement that it will begin lifting the year-long ban on Mexican live cattle imports on Aug. 24, BMO Capital Markets senior equity research analyst Andrew Strelzik called the decision a "key positive" for publicly traded meatpackers Tyson Foods and JBS. The restrictions were imposed to combat the New World screwworm, a flesh-eating parasite that threatens livestock. Restoring Mexican cattle flows should gradually ease tight U.S. supplies, improve slaughterhouse utilization, and support beef-processing margins. "A combination of...

President Donald Trump threatened a “very bad” future for NATO if its members do not provide the US with support in the war with Iran.  “It’s only appropriate that people who are the beneficiaries of the Strait [of Hormuz] will help to make sure that nothing bad happens there,” Trump told The Financial Times on […]

The US has claimed more airstrikes in Nigeria as the Trump administration continues to escalate US military involvement in the country. US Africa Command said in a press release that it conducted “additional kinetic strikes against ISIS in Northeastern Nigeria” on May 17, a day after the US and Nigeria carried out a joint commando […]