
The CLEVER and DETECT research projects discussed the biodiversity impact of EU imports at a journalism conference in Bologna on 18 October 2024. The panel used Brazil's soy imports as a key example of how imported feed and biomass linked to illegal Amazon deforestation reach European markets.
The piece is research and media commentary, with no new policy or supply change, so it has minimal direct price effect on soybeans or meal.
After 563 past neutral report events, Soybeans moved a median -0.1% over 5 sessions (48% higher; middle half -1.7% to +1.6%), and -0.1% over 20.
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