SAO PAULO, Sept 17 (Reuters) - A Brazil federal judge on

Wednesday denied a request by farmer group Aprosoja Mato Grosso

to reverse an injunction related to Brazil's soy moratorium, in

practice keeping the pact in place, according to a decision seen

by Reuters.

Brazil's soy moratorium, a private program that bars soy

traders from buying soy from recently deforested areas in the

Amazon, had been suspended by antitrust body CADE last month on

suspicion of breaching competition law.