# Drawing out links between the Common Agricultural Policy, soy, and deforestation in South America - Fern

> A new Fern report, presented at a European Parliament event, argues that the EU Common Agricultural Policy fuels tropical deforestation through soy imports from South America used as animal feed. It calls for conditions on CAP payments so they support only socially and ecologically viable production.

- Date: 2017-05-04 · published 2017-05-04T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region EU · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/71038-drawing-out-links-between-the-common-agricultural-policy-soy-and-deforestation
- Commodities: [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

Pressure to restrict soy feed imports tied to deforestation could eventually tighten EU demand for soybean meal from Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay, but this is advocacy ahead of CAP reform rather than an immediate policy change.

## Read by commodity

- SBM: bearish ▼
- SOY: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SBM | 2017-05-02 | [FiBL - Report on the EU Common Agricultural Policy and deforestation](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71041-fibl-report-on-the-eu-common-agricultural-policy-and-deforestation.md) | -1.5% | -5.3% |
| SBM | 2024-03-13 | [EU attempts to smooth South American complaints over deforestation policy](https://feedsoft.ai/events/31222-eu-attempts-to-smooth-south-american-complaints-over-deforestation-policy.md) | -0.7% | -2.5% |
| SBM | 2017-04-21 | [Parliament resolves to tackle EU’s role in driving illegal deforestation through imports of agro-commodities \| Earthsight](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71524-parliament-resolves-to-tackle-eu-s-role-in-driving-illegal-deforestation.md) | +0.8% | -0.1% |
| SBM | 2025-08-01 | [Argentina Announced a Permanent Reduction in Export Taxes; and more news about Latin American agriculture](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13840-argentina-announced-a-permanent-reduction-in-export-taxes-and-more-news-about.md) | +3.3% | +8.6% |
| SBM | 2019-12-11 | [SunSirs: Agriculture: Eye-Catching Performance of Palm Oil and Soybean Oil in the Fourth Quarter Thanks to Good News Supporting](https://feedsoft.ai/events/12380-sunsirs-agriculture-eye-catching-performance-of-palm-oil-and-soybean-oil-in-the.md) | +1.8% | -0.2% |
| SOY | 2017-05-02 | [FiBL - Report on the EU Common Agricultural Policy and deforestation](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71041-fibl-report-on-the-eu-common-agricultural-policy-and-deforestation.md) | -0.3% | -4.8% |
| SOY | 2024-03-13 | [EU attempts to smooth South American complaints over deforestation policy](https://feedsoft.ai/events/31222-eu-attempts-to-smooth-south-american-complaints-over-deforestation-policy.md) | +0.3% | -1.5% |
| SOY | 2018-06-26 | [Government regulation is the missing ingredient in efforts to end deforestation driven by agriculture (commentary)](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64537-government-regulation-is-the-missing-ingredient-in-efforts-to-end-deforestation.md) | -3.0% | -1.9% |

## Sources

- fern.org: https://www.fern.org/publications-insight/article/drawing-out-links-between-the-common-agricultural-policy-soy-and-deforestation-in-south-america-261/

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