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

  • DTN Daily Basis Comments

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

  • DTN Daily Basis Comments

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

  • DTN Daily Basis Comments

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

  • DTN Daily Basis Comments

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

  • DTN Daily Basis Comments

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

  • DTN Daily Basis Comments

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

  • DTN Daily Basis Comments

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

  • DTN Daily Basis Comments

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

  • DTN Daily Basis Comments

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

  • DTN Daily Basis Comments

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

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  • DTN Daily Basis Comments

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

  • DTN Daily Basis Comments

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

  • DTN Daily Basis Comments

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

  • DTN Daily Basis Comments

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

  • DTN Daily Basis Comments

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

  • DTN Daily Basis Comments

    Corn, soybean, hard red winter, soft red winter and spring wheat basis was stronger Thursday.