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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  • 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.

  • DTN Daily Basis Comments

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

  • 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 soft red winter wheat basis was steady, while soybean basis was weaker and spring wheat basis was stronger Thursday.

  • DTN Daily Basis Comments

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

  • 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

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

  • DTN Daily Basis Comments

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

  • 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.

  • DTN Daily Basis Comments

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

  • DTN Daily Basis Comments

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

  • DTN Daily Basis Comments

    Corn, soybean, soft red winter wheat, hard red winter wheat and hard red spring wheat basis levels were all unchanged on Thursday.

  • The April full moon lit the way to prepare for the start of spring wheat planting in Crookston, Minnesota. (Photo by Tim Dufault)

    Cash Market Moves

    Planting this spring started early in parts of the U.S Upper Midwest as weather conditions during April were favorable for most farmers to plant spring wheat, small grains and get a start on corn and even soybeans.