DTN's weekly average spot price for domestic distillers dried grains is steady versus one week ago.
Mary Kennedy
DTN Basis Analyst
Mary Kennedy has been in the grain business for more than 35 years. She previously 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, Minnesota, and has lived in North Dakota where she worked as a commodity buyer in Falkirk, North Dakota, and Drake, North Dakota, grain elevators. She was also a corn buyer at an ethanol plant in Wisconsin.
Mary is a member of the North Dakota Grain Dealers Association. She was a member of the Minneapolis Grain Exchange and served on the MGEX arbitration committee. She served as the secretary of the Durum Industry Advisory Commission and served as a board member at the Portland Merchants Exchange.
She has two sons and one daughter: Kevin, who lives in Chicago with his wife and daughter and son; Daniel, who is a Major in the U.S. Army in Tennessee where he lives with his wife and two sons; and Kelly, who resides in Minnesota with her twin sons.Recent Blogs by Author
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DTN Daily Basis Comments
Corn basis was steady, while soybean, HRW wheat, SRW wheat and spring wheat basis was weaker Thursday.
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DTN Daily Basis Comments
Corn basis was steady, while soybean, HRW wheat, SRW wheat and spring wheat basis was stronger Wednesday.
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DTN Daily Basis Comments
Corn, HRW wheat and soybean basis was steady Tuesday, while SRW wheat and spring wheat was stronger.
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DTN Daily Basis Comments
Corn, SRW wheat, spring wheat, HRW wheat and soybean basis was steady Monday.
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DTN Daily Basis Comments
Corn, SRW wheat and soybean basis was steady Friday, while spring wheat and HRW wheat basis was stronger.
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DTN Daily Basis Comments
Corn, SRW wheat, spring wheat and soybean basis was steady Tuesday, while HRW wheat basis was weaker.
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DTN Daily Basis Comments
Corn, SRW wheat and soybean basis was steady Monday, while spring wheat and HRW wheat basis was stronger.
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DTN Daily Basis Comments
Corn, SRW wheat and soybean basis was steady Friday, while spring wheat and HRW wheat basis was weaker.
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DTN Daily Basis Comments
Corn basis steady, soybean basis weaker, while soft red winter wheat, hard red winter wheat and spring wheat basis was stronger.
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Cash Market Moves
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DTN Daily Basis Comments
Corn, soybean and soft red winter wheat basis was weaker, while hard red spring wheat was stronger and hard red winter wheat basis was steady on Thursday.
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DTN Daily Basis Comments
Corn basis strengthened on Monday, while hard red spring wheat basis weakened, and soybean, soft red winter wheat and hard red winter wheat basis held steady.
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DTN Daily Basis Comments
Soybean and corn basis was weaker on Friday, while soft red winter wheat and hard red spring wheat basis was stronger, and hard red winter wheat basis held steady.
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DDG Weekly Update
DTN's weekly average spot price for domestic distillers dried grains is lower versus one week ago.
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DTN Daily Basis Comments
Corn and spring wheat basis was steady, while soybean, hard red winter wheat and soft red winter wheat basis was weaker Tuesday.
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DTN Daily Basis Comments
Soybean, soft red winter wheat and hard red winter wheat basis was stronger, while corn and spring wheat basis was steady Wednesday.
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UP, NS Railroads Announce Merger
The Union Pacific Corporation and Norfolk Southern Corporation signed an agreement to merge the two railroads.
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Cash Market Moves
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DTN Daily Basis Comments
Corn basis is stronger, while soybean basis was weaker and soft red winter wheat, hard red winter wheat, and spring wheat basis was steady Friday.
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2025 Spring Wheat Tour Final Results
Day 3 of the Wheat Quality Council's Spring Wheat and Durum Tour concluded Thursday with the final three-day total weighted average yield estimate of 48.3 bushels per acre (bpa) of 307 fields total for the three days.
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Spring Wheat Tour Day 2 Results
Day 2 of the Wheat Quality Council's Spring Wheat and Durum Tour concluded Wednesday with a total weighted average yield estimate of 46.2 bushels per acre for 150 total fields sampled.
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DTN Daily Basis Comments
Corn, soft red winter wheat and hard red winter wheat basis was stronger, while soybean and spring wheat basis was steady Friday.
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DTN Daily Basis Comments
Corn, soybean and hard red winter wheat basis was steady, while soft red winter wheat basis was weaker and spring wheat basis was stronger Wednesday.