Vegans Told to Drop Soy for Cow's Milk to Help the Planet?

Give up soy milk to save the Amazon rain forest? Is this a bit of a stretch? A Yahoo news article and the organization it highlights make an argument for ditching soy for cow's milk so let's investigate.
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Yahoo Article: https://news.yahoo.com/vegan-drink-cow-milk-165113951.html 

Page telling vegans to drink cow's milk: https://sustainablefoodtrust.org/articles/local-alternatives-to-soya-and-palm-meal-will-help-save-rainforests/   

Report it's all based on: https://www.wageningenacademic.com/doi/epdf/10.3920/JAAN2020.0007 

80% of Amazon Destruction from Livestock:
https://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol16/iss4/art4/

"80% of Amazon soy is destined for animal feed" - Yale:
https://globalforestatlas.yale.edu/amazon/land-use/soy#:~:text=Soy%20cultivation%20is%20a%20major,for%20oil%20or%20eaten%20directly.

Soy Checkoff Image:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D1EF6Y7WoAAGDVl.jpg:large

Statista UK Soymilk Consumption:
https://www.statista.com/statistics/281499/soya-milk-sales-volume-in-great-britain-since-2009/

FCRN Page on UK Soy Usage:
https://fcrn.org.uk/fcrn-blogs/soy-uk-what-are-its-uses#:~:text=The%202013%20FAO%20food%20balance,and%20tempeh%20(%3C1%25).  

UK Total Soy Figure:
http://www.efeca.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/UK-RT-on-Sustainable-Soya-baseline-report-Oct-2018.pdf

UK Cow's Milk Consumption:
https://www.fwi.co.uk/business/markets-and-trends/dairy-markets/liquid-milk-consumption-drops-by-50-since-1974  

Vivo Soy Page:
https://www.viva.org.uk/soya-planet

Methane 86x CO2 at 20 years:
http://www.climatechange2013.org/images/report/WG1AR5_Chapter08_FINAL.pdf 

Methane ~32x CO2 at 100 years:
https://www.epa.gov/ghgemissions/understanding-global-warming-potentials  

Airborne Fraction of CO2:
https://www.esrl.noaa.gov/gmd/co2conference/posters_pdf/jones1_poster.pdf

BBC Comparison of Plant Milks:
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-46654042  
https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:b0b53649-5e93-4415-bf07-6b0b1227172f  

Cattle Methane Grass vs Grain:
https://naldc.nal.usda.gov/download/4072/PDF

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