Soybean meal prices in Central Illinois fell to a four-year low of $296.45 per short ton in the week to February 14, down 4.5% week on week and 20% year on year. Soybean and soybean oil prices moved in different directions, with the crush margin at $1.91 per bushel, below the six-week average.
Weak meal prices with a shrinking crush margin signal ample meal supply and softer demand for feed buyers, pointing to lower meal costs for livestock rations.
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