Soybean Crush Central Illinois

The crush margin continues to deflate and has dropped in four out of the past five weeks. The estimated margin fell another 18 cents per bushel over the past week, its second consecutive weekly 8% drop. Soybean prices were down, however, the value received for the the crush products, oil and meal, dropped at a faster pace. Soybean meal prices fell 2.6% this week to $318.10 per ton and are nearly 27% lower than they were…