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.

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  • DTN Daily Basis Comments

    Soybean basis was weaker, while corn, SRW wheat and HRW wheat basis was steady, and spring wheat basis was stronger Thursday.

  • DTN Daily Basis Comments

    Soybean and spring wheat basis was stronger, while corn and HRW wheat basis was weaker Friday, and SRW wheat basis was steady.

  • DTN Daily Basis Comments

    Soybean and spring wheat basis was stronger, while corn, SRW wheat and HRW wheat basis was steady Wednesday.

  • DTN Daily Basis Comments

    Corn, SRW wheat, spring wheat and soybean basis was steady Tuesday, while HRW wheat basis was weaker.

  • DTN Daily Basis Comments

    Corn, SRW wheat and soybean basis was steady Monday, while spring wheat and HRW wheat basis was stronger.

  • DTN Daily Basis Comments

    Corn, SRW wheat and soybean basis was steady Friday, while spring wheat and HRW wheat basis was weaker.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.