A deal that protected the Amazon from soy farming shows cracks

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Brazilian soy farmers are pushing further into the Amazon rainforest to plant more of their crops, putting pressure on a landmark deal signed two decades ago aimed at slowing deforestation.The agreement, the Amazon Soy Moratorium, signed by world's top grain traders in 2006, is now starting to show cracks. Sean Hogan reports.

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