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January 12, 4:31 AM
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CANADA: Western shatters crop records as innovation outpaces climate stress

CANADA: Western shatters crop records as innovation outpaces climate stress | AMÉRIQUES | Scoop.it

Western Canada posts record crop yields as advanced seeds and farm technology help producers overcome flooding, drought, and mounting climate stress.

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January 12, 4:30 AM
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US: Why 2026 could see the end of the Farm Bill era of agriculture policy

US: Why 2026 could see the end of the Farm Bill era of agriculture policy | AMÉRIQUES | Scoop.it

Farm bills – famously complex legislative and spending balances between farm subsidies, food assistance, conservation and more – have tended to be passed about every five years since 1933.

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January 12, 4:19 AM
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VENEZUELA : A-t-il vraiment 300 milliards de barils de pétrole ?

VENEZUELA : A-t-il vraiment 300 milliards de barils de pétrole ? | AMÉRIQUES | Scoop.it

Le secrétaire à l’Énergie américain, Chris Wright, a confirmé hier, mercredi 7 janvier, que les États-Unis allaient contrôler les ventes de pétrole vénézuélien « jusqu’à nouvel ordre ». Mais au-delà des coûts massifs requis pour relancer la production vénézuélienne, la taille des réserves du pays pourrait aussi avoir été surévaluée.

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January 12, 4:10 AM
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URUGUAY: Its intricate path to securing fresh water

URUGUAY: Its intricate path to securing fresh water | AMÉRIQUES | Scoop.it

Beset by years of drought, Uruguay is scrambling to fill its taps – but the proposals could leave farmers counting the costs

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January 12, 4:09 AM
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ARGENTINA : Un nouveau régime de change pour stabiliser le peso se cale sur l'inflation

ARGENTINA : Un nouveau régime de change pour stabiliser le peso se cale sur l'inflation | AMÉRIQUES | Scoop.it

L'an dernier, le président Javier Milei avait mis en place un système de flottement contrôlé du peso. Et depuis le 1er janvier, ce flottement a encore été assoupli, avec un ajustement du change qui se fera en fonction de l’inflation. Une inflation qui a fortement baissé ces deux dernières années.

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January 12, 4:08 AM
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US: Firm gets first nuclear material shipment for advanced reactor fuel

US: Firm gets first nuclear material shipment for advanced reactor fuel | AMÉRIQUES | Scoop.it

Standard Nuclear has received the HALEU needed to produce the first full TRISO fuel core for Radiant’s Kaleidos microreactor.

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January 12, 4:07 AM
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BRAZIL: Major grain traders quit Amazon conservation pact

BRAZIL: Major grain traders quit Amazon conservation pact | AMÉRIQUES | Scoop.it
A lobby group for Brazilian grain trading and crushing firms has told farming state Mato Grosso that it and many of its members are quitting a nearly 20-year-old pact protecting the Amazon basin from deforestation driven by soy farming.

 

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January 8, 4:57 AM
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BRAZIL: Mate, the drink that keeps a forest alive

BRAZIL: Mate, the drink that keeps a forest alive | AMÉRIQUES | Scoop.it

The shared agricultural heritage sustaining communities and forests in southern Brazil

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January 5, 9:49 AM
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VENEZUELA : Cinq scénarios pour le post-Maduro

VENEZUELA : Cinq scénarios pour le post-Maduro | AMÉRIQUES | Scoop.it

Donald Trump a déclaré que les États-Unis « dirigeraient » le Venezuela jusqu’à ce qu’une « transition sûre, appropriée et judicieuse » puisse se produire.

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January 5, 9:33 AM
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ARGENTINA: The pistachio boom clashes with the water crisis

ARGENTINA: The pistachio boom clashes with the water crisis | AMÉRIQUES | Scoop.it

The pistachio sector is gaining ground in desert areas like San Juan province, but this growth is encroaching on a severe water crisis

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January 5, 9:21 AM
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VENEZUELA: Who is Delcy Rodriguez, new leader after Maduro's capture?

VENEZUELA: Who is Delcy Rodriguez, new leader after Maduro's capture? | AMÉRIQUES | Scoop.it

Venezuela's interim President Delcy Rodríguez has taken the place of her ally President Nicolás Maduro who was captured by the United States in a nighttime military operation.

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January 5, 9:19 AM
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CHILE: Plan to mine lithium sparks fears of water scarcity 

CHILE: Plan to mine lithium sparks fears of water scarcity  | AMÉRIQUES | Scoop.it

The Colla Indigenous people claim Rio Tinto’s plans to extract the key mineral will harm fragile ecosystems and livelihoods

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January 4, 11:51 AM
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USDA: Announces agribusiness trade missions for 2026

USDA: Announces agribusiness trade missions for 2026 | AMÉRIQUES | Scoop.it

As part of President Donald J. Trump's unprecedented efforts to boost American agricultural exports, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) commitment to expanding and diversifying…

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January 12, 4:30 AM
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US: 2025 third-highest year for billion-dollar climate disasters 

US: 2025 third-highest year for billion-dollar climate disasters  | AMÉRIQUES | Scoop.it

23 billion-dollar weather and climate disasters in the US caused an estimated 276 fatalities and cost a total of $115 billion in damage.

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January 12, 4:29 AM
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US: A new food pyramid and a radical reset in nutrition policy

US: A new food pyramid and a radical reset in nutrition policy | AMÉRIQUES | Scoop.it

On January 7, 2026, the United States government unveiled what Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. described as the “most significant reset of federal nutrition policy in history.” At a White House briefing, Kennedy rolled out updated Dietary Guidelines for Americans along with a new food pyramid: a visual framework that hasn’t been used in U.S. nutrition advice for more than a decade.

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January 12, 4:10 AM
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AMERIQUES : Le Mexique devient le premier fournisseur de pétrole de Cuba, malgré la pression américaine 

AMERIQUES : Le Mexique devient le premier fournisseur de pétrole de Cuba, malgré la pression américaine  | AMÉRIQUES | Scoop.it

La mainmise des États-Unis sur le pétrole vénézuélien devrait priver Cuba de son fournisseur historique. Sous pression de l’administration Trump, la présidente du Mexique, Claudia Sheinbaum, a décidé de maintenir les livraisons de pétrole à des fins “humanitaires”.

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January 12, 4:09 AM
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US: Missing manufacturing renaissance 

US: Missing manufacturing renaissance  | AMÉRIQUES | Scoop.it

Donald Trump’s tariffs have hurt the factories they were meant to protect

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January 12, 4:08 AM
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BRESIL : Une nation polarisée

BRESIL : Une nation polarisée | AMÉRIQUES | Scoop.it

À mi-mandat de Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, en fonction depuis le 1er janvier 2023, le Brésil apparaît plus polarisé que jamais. 

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January 12, 4:08 AM
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US: Trump withdraws from UN climate treaty and 65 other global bodies 

US: Trump withdraws from UN climate treaty and 65 other global bodies  | AMÉRIQUES | Scoop.it

President Trump signed an executive order suspending US participation in 66 UN agencies and international organisations, including the UN climate treaty, marking a major retreat from global cooperation.

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January 8, 4:59 AM
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BRAZIL: Surpassing US as top beef producer, easing global supply squeeze

BRAZIL: Surpassing US as top beef producer, easing global supply squeeze | AMÉRIQUES | Scoop.it

Brazil surpassed the U.S. as the world's top beef producer last year, according to market estimates, after the South American country beat output forecasts by hundreds of thousands of tons, easing a global supply squeeze and helping limit a surge in meat prices

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January 5, 9:54 AM
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VENEZUELA : Le tombeau de l’or noir

VENEZUELA : Le tombeau de l’or noir | AMÉRIQUES | Scoop.it

Un cinquième des réserves mondiales — plus que l’Arabie saoudite ou l’Iran. Longtemps, le pétrole a été un cadeau du ciel pour le Venezuela. Avant que le chavisme ne tue cette poule aux œufs d’or, qui précipite aujourd'hui la chute de son tyrannique leader.

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January 5, 9:49 AM
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US : IA vs Énergie : le pari risqué de l'Amérique face à la Chine

US : IA vs Énergie : le pari risqué de l'Amérique face à la Chine | AMÉRIQUES | Scoop.it

Pendant que les USA de Trump misent tout sur l'IA, la Chine investit massivement dans l'économie verte. Deux salles, deux ambiances.

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January 5, 9:21 AM
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BOLIVIA: Will economy trump the environment?

BOLIVIA: Will economy trump the environment? | AMÉRIQUES | Scoop.it

A new president wants to balance China ties with more openness to the US. Experts are more concerned by risks to environmental rules, amid an economic crisis

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January 5, 9:20 AM
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COLOMBIE : Le gouvernement lance la pulvérisation par drones de glyphosate sur des plantations de coca

COLOMBIE : Le gouvernement lance la pulvérisation par drones de glyphosate sur des plantations de coca | AMÉRIQUES | Scoop.it

L’épandage aura lieu dans les fiefs du trafic de drogue où les organisations armées «contraignent les agriculteurs à cultiver des feuilles de coca», a précisé le ministre de la Justice par intérim, Andrés Idárraga, lors d’une conférence de presse lundi.

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USDA: Details $12 billion farm aid package favoring rice, cotton; soy farmers warn of strain

USDA: Details $12 billion farm aid package favoring rice, cotton; soy farmers warn of strain | AMÉRIQUES | Scoop.it

The U.S. Department of Agriculture released details on Wednesday about how much row crop farmers will receive next year from a $12 billion aid program, but soybean growers say such payments fall short of helping those hurt by low crop prices and trade disputes.

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