Soybean oil prices suffer-ed disproportionately from the recent downtrend in the soy complex. While the July soybean oil future dropped nearly 2c a lb last week, the July soybean meal future advanced about $9.40 a ton. The share in the value of the soybean crush held by soybean oil tumbled to about 37% toward the end of last week after trading in recent weeks at 43% and even higher. The oil share was around 45% at the beginning of the year, and was around 47% in late 2011.
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