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, soft red winter wheat and corn basis was steady, while soft red winter wheat and spring wheat basis was stronger.

  • DTN Daily Basis Comments

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

  • 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 unchanged on Monday, while hard red winter wheat and hard red spring wheat basis strengthened.

  • 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 was higher, while soybean basis was weaker and hard red spring wheat, soft red winter wheat and hard red winter wheat basis held 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.

  • 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.

  • DTN Daily Basis Comments

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

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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...

  • 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.