# South American soy fed to EU livestock drives Gran Chaco deforestation

> A Mongabay report says soy grown in South America's Gran Chaco and Cerrado, much of it bought by Bunge, ADM, Cargill and others, feeds European livestock and is linked to ongoing deforestation. It notes the Amazon Soy Moratorium has no equivalent protection for the Gran Chaco.

- Date: 2018-08-15 · published 2018-08-15T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region Argentina · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/63555-south-american-soy-fed-to-eu-livestock-drives-gran-chaco-deforestation
- Commodities: [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

Growing scrutiny of deforestation in South American soy could pressure buyers and traders to shift sourcing, adding a sustainability premium or supply-chain constraint on soybean meal flows to the EU.

## Read by commodity

- SBM: neutral
- SOY: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SBM | 2019-05-28 | [Trade war drives need for South American soybean derivs \| FOW](https://feedsoft.ai/events/59147-trade-war-drives-need-for-south-american-soybean-derivs-fow.md) | +6.7% | +5.7% |
| SBM | 2020-07-16 | [A fifth of EU soy imports from Brazil could be tainted by deforestation, study says](https://feedsoft.ai/events/52144-a-fifth-of-eu-soy-imports-from-brazil-could-be-tainted-by-deforestation-study.md) | +0.3% | -1.3% |
| SBM | 2020-12-03 | [Economist’s Angle: The Outlook for Growth in Chinese Soybean Demand - American Soybean Association](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49647-economist-s-angle-the-outlook-for-growth-in-chinese-soybean-demand-american.md) | -1.3% | +11.5% |
| SBM | 2025-01-30 | [Speculative fluctuations in grain and oilseed prices will increase due to uncertainty about duties and harvest in South America](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26547-speculative-fluctuations-in-grain-and-oilseed-prices-will-increase-due-to.md) | -0.5% | -4.8% |
| SBM | 2019-06-04 | [Exclusive: Pile drive - China expected to divert outstanding U.S. soybean cargoes into reserves](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58476-exclusive-pile-drive-china-expected-to-divert-outstanding-u-s-soybean-cargoes.md) | -2.2% | -4.9% |
| SOY | 2019-05-28 | [Trade war drives need for South American soybean derivs \| FOW](https://feedsoft.ai/events/59147-trade-war-drives-need-for-south-american-soybean-derivs-fow.md) | +5.9% | +9.6% |
| SOY | 2020-07-16 | [A fifth of EU soy imports from Brazil could be tainted by deforestation, study says](https://feedsoft.ai/events/52144-a-fifth-of-eu-soy-imports-from-brazil-could-be-tainted-by-deforestation-study.md) | +1.5% | +0.5% |
| SOY | 2025-02-18 | [US paper industry asks Trump to seek lighter EU deforestation rules \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26070-us-paper-industry-asks-trump-to-seek-lighter-eu-deforestation-rules-reuters.md) | -0.7% | -2.0% |

## Sources

- news.mongabay.com: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/08/south-american-soy-fed-to-eu-livestock-drives-gran-chaco-deforestation/

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