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, spring wheat and hard red winter wheat basis was weaker, while corn and soft red winter basis was steady Tuesday.

  • 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.

  • DTN Daily Basis Comments

    Corn basis is weaker, while soft red winter wheat, hard red winter wheat, soybean and spring wheat basis was steady Thursday.

  • The Wheat Quality Council's 2025 Spring Wheat and Durum Tour wrapped up on Thursday. Scouts visited a total of 307 fields this year. (DTN file photo by Jason Jenkins)

    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.

  • DTN Daily Basis Comments

    Soybean basis is weaker, soft red winter wheat basis was stronger, and hard red winter wheat, corn and spring wheat basis was steady Wednesday.

  • DTN Daily Basis Comments

    Soybean, soft red winter wheat, and hard red winter wheat basis was weaker, while corn and spring wheat basis was steady Tuesday.

  • DTN Daily Basis Comments

    Corn basis was weaker, while soybean, soft red winter wheat, and hard red winter wheat basis was steady Friday and spring wheat basis was stronger.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • DTN Daily Basis Comments

    Corn and soft red winter wheat basis was steady, while hard red winter wheat basis was weaker, and soybean basis was stronger Wednesday.

  • DTN Daily Basis Comments

    Soybean basis weakened again on Thursday, while corn, soft red winter wheat, hard red winter wheat and hard red spring wheat basis held steady.

  • DTN Daily Basis Comments

    Corn, soybean, and soft red winter wheat basis was stronger, while spring wheat and hard red winter wheat basis was steady Wednesday.