The estimated crush margin fell nine percent lower revenue from soybean oil and meal sales, despite falling soybean cost. Revenue from soybean meal sales decreased $7.00 per ton while soybean oil prices were down 2.3 percent. The value received from oil and meal sales per bushel of soybeans crushed declined from $9.92 per bushel to $9.69 while soybean prices fell 12 cents to $8.51 per bushel. This allowed the margin to narrow nine percent, or 11 cents to $1.18 per bushel. The crush margin is 39 percent below levels seen at this time last year.
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