A shortage of synthetic lysine additive, which is used in feed compounds, has sent soybean meal prices soaring recently.
Mary Kennedy
DTN Basis Analyst
Mary Kennedy has been in the grain business for more than 25 years and has worked in the Minneapolis, Duluth-Superior and PNW markets as a buyer/merchandiser of spring and winter wheat, durum, corn, barley, pulse crops and various other small grains. She is a native of St. Paul, Minn., and has lived in North Dakota and in Wisconsin where she worked as a commodity buyer in local grain elevators and an ethanol plant.
Mary has been a member of the North Dakota Grain Dealers Association and has served as the secretary of the Durum Industry Advisory Commission. She also served as a board member at the Portland Merchants Exchange and was a member of the arbitration committee at the Minneapolis Grain Exchange.
She has two sons and one daughter: Kevin, who lives in Chicago with his wife and daughter and son; Daniel, who is a lieutenant in the U.S. Army based at Fort Sam Houston with his wife and two sons; and Kelly, who resides in Minnesota with her husband and twin sons.
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DTN Daily Basis Comments
Corn basis was unchanged Tuesday, while soybean, hard red winter wheat and hard red spring wheat basis strengthened and soft red winter wheat basis weakened.
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DTN Daily Basis Comments
Corn and soybean basis was unchanged Monday, while soft red winter wheat basis strengthened, and hard red winter wheat and hard red spring wheat basis weakened.
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DTN Daily Basis Comments
Soybean basis was steady, while corn and hard red spring wheat basis weakened, and soft red winter wheat and hard red winter wheat basis strengthened Friday.
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DTN Daily Basis Comments
Corn, soybean and soft red winter wheat basis was steady, while hard red winter wheat and hard red spring wheat basis were weaker Thursday.
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DTN Daily Basis Comments
Corn and soft red winter wheat basis was steady, while soybean basis was weaker and spring wheat and hard red winter wheat basis was stronger Wednesday.
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DTN Daily Basis Comments
Corn, soybean and soft red winter wheat basis was steady, while spring wheat basis and hard red winter wheat basis was weaker Tuesday.
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DTN Daily Basis Comments
Corn, soybean and spring wheat basis was weaker, while hard red winter wheat and soft red winter wheat basis was steady Monday.
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DTN Daily Basis Comments
Corn basis was weaker, while hard red winter wheat basis was stronger, and soybean, soft red winter wheat and spring wheat basis was steady Friday.
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DTN Daily Basis Comments
Corn and soft red winter wheat basis was weaker, while hard red winter wheat basis was stronger Wednesday and spring wheat and soybean basis was steady.
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DTN Daily Basis Comments
Corn basis was weaker and hard red winter wheat basis was stronger, while soybean, soft red winter wheat and spring wheat basis was steady Friday.
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DTN Daily Basis Comments
Corn and spring wheat basis was weaker, while soybeans, soft red winter wheat and hard red winter wheat basis was steady Friday.
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DTN Daily Basis Comments
Corn and soybean basis was weaker while soft red winter wheat and hard red winter wheat basis was stronger and spring wheat basis was steady Thursday.
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DTN Daily Basis Comments
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