Soybean Crush Central Illinois

The crush margin fell 6.1% on higher soybean costs and lower values received from both soybean meal and oil sales. Prices did not move much during the week, meal and oil values were only off by 1% and the cost of soybeans only increased slightly, but the effect was enough to push the margin lower. The value received from oil and meal sales, per bushel of soybeans crushed, fell by 5 cents per bushel, while the price of…