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Cargill To Boost US Soy Crush Capacity, Plant Efficiency As Food, Biofuel Demand Rises

US agricultural commodities trader Cargill Inc is expanding soybean processing capacity at two large Midwest crush plants and increasing efficiency at five...

Bunge To Step Up Monitoring Of Soy Suppliers In Brazil's Cerrado Biome

The Brazilian unit of Bunge Ltd is launching an effort to make sure that soybean growers in the Cerrado area who indirectly supply the company are producin...

Brazil Soy Firms Commit To Zero Deforestation From 2020

Brazilian soy traders CJ Selecta, Caramuru and Imcopa have committed to zero deforestation in their respective supply chains, adding pressure on larger tra...

Demand For Meat Is Driving Deforestation In Brazil – Changing The Soy Industry Could Stop It

Soy may have a pretty innocuous reputation thanks to its association with vegan food and meat alternatives. But don’t be fooled – crops of this...

Soybeans Near 4.5-Year High On Supply Concerns, Strong Demand

Chicago soybean futures rose more than 1% on Monday, gaining for a seventh consecutive session as dry weather in key suppliers Brazil and Argentina stoked...

Brazil Suspending Tariffs On Corn And Soy Until 2021

Brazil will suspend tariffs on corn and soy imports from countries outside the Mercosur trade bloc until early next year to help reduce food prices that ar...

M&S To Switch To Soya-Free Animal Feed In Milk Supply Chain

UK retailer Marks & Spencer plans to eliminate soya from animal feed in its milk supply chain in a bid to curb deforestation. The move is also a...

A Fifth Of EU Soy Imports From Brazil Could Be Tainted By Deforestation: Study

A fifth of EU soy imports from Brazil may come from land illegally deforested, according to a new study that offers a detailed inventory of farms in the su...