Last year Brazilian soybean shipments to China jumped by almost a third in efforts to fill the void left by soybean imported from the U.S. South American growers may struggle to maintain the same supply in 2019, said Igor Brandao, chief of the agribusiness division at Apex-Brasil. “The harvest for this year is expected to be smaller than last year. It is a matter of weather conditions, because the dry season is expected to be longer this year.” (South China Morning Post)