Mary Kennedy

DTN Basis Analyst
Mary Kennedy has been in the grain business for more than 35 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, Minnesota, and has lived in North Dakota where she worked as a commodity buyer in local grain elevators and was a corn buyer at an ethanol plant in Wisconsin.
Mary has been a member of the North Dakota Grain Dealers Association and Minneapolis Grain Exchange 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 Major in the U.S. Army in Kentucky 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, soybean and soft red winter wheat basis was steady, while hard red winter wheat and spring wheat basis was stronger Wednesday.

  • DTN Daily Basis Comments

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

  • DTN Daily Basis Comments

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

  • DTN Daily Basis Comments

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

  • The CIRB's decision released Aug. 9, advising there were no essential services to be maintained, also advised the CPKC and the TCRC were in a position to serve legal notice for strike or lockout to commence at 0001 EST Aug. 22, 2024. The CPKC acted quickly, issuing a lockout notice to the union. (Photo courtesy of CPKC)

    Cash Market Moves

    A decision handed down by the Canada Industrial Relations Board opened the door for a lockout or strike if the Canadian National and Canadian Pacific Kansas City railways could not come to a contract agreement with the Teamsters...

  • DTN Daily Basis Comments

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

  • DTN Daily Basis Comments

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

  • Scab can be seen in these different samples of spring wheat from the same fields from northern Minnesota. (Photo courtesy of Kris Folland)

    Cash Market Moves

    The watch is on for the possibility of Fusarium head blight (FHB), also known as scab, to infect wheat crops in eastern North Dakota and western Minnesota where rain and humidity have been prevalent during key stages of the...

  • Wednesday Morning Basis Update

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

  • Wildfire smoke provided an aura of intrigue on the final morning of the 2024 Spring Wheat and Durum Tour organized by the Wheat Quality Council. Participants sampled fields in northeast North Dakota and western Minnesota on routes between Devils Lake and Fargo. (Photo courtesy of Anne Osborne, National Wheat Foundation)

    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 53.8 bushels per acre (bpa) of 257 fields total for the three days. The...

  • Annie Buckley, an international trade specialist with the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service, collects data to estimate yield during Day 2 of the Wheat Quality Council's Spring Wheat and Durum Tour. (Photo courtesy of Anne Osborne, National Wheat Foundation)

    Spring Wheat Tour Day 2 Results

    Day 2 of the Wheat Quality Council's Spring Wheat and Durum Tour concluded Wednesday, July 24, with a total weighted average yield estimate of 52.5 bushels per acre (bpa) for 116 total fields sampled.

  • On Day 1 of the Wheat Quality Council's Spring Wheat and Durum Tour, participants surveyed 99 fields as they traveled along routes from Fargo to Bismarck, North Dakota. The weighted average yield for the day was 52.3 bushels per acre. (Photo courtesy of Anne Osborne, National Wheat Foundation)

    Spring Wheat Tour Day 1 Results

    Day 1 of the Wheat Quality Council's Spring Wheat and Durum Tour concluded Tuesday, July 23, with a total weighted average yield estimate of 52.3 bushels per acre (bpa).

  • DTN Daily Basis Comments

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

  • DTN Daily Basis Comments

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

  • DTN Daily Basis Comments

    Corn, soybean and hard red winter wheat basis strengthened on Friday, while soft red winter wheat basis held steady and hard red spring wheat basis weakened.

  • DTN Daily Basis Comments

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

  • DTN Daily Basis Comments

    Corn, soybean, soft red winter wheat, spring wheat and hard red winter wheat basis was steady Monday.

  • DTN Daily Basis Comments

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