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

  • 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

    Soft red winter wheat basis strengthened, while soybean basis weakened and corn, hard red winter wheat and hard red spring wheat basis held steady.

  • DTN Daily Basis Comments

    Soybean and soft red winter wheat basis strengthened on Monday, while corn and hard red winter and hard red spring wheat basis held steady.

  • DTN Daily Basis Comments

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

  • DTN's weekly spot price for domestic distillers dried grains for the week ended June 5 is down $2 on average versus one week ago. (DTN file photo)

    DDG Weekly Update

    DTN's weekly average spot price for domestic distillers dried grains is slightly lower versus one week ago.

  • DTN Daily Basis Comments

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

  • DTN Daily Basis Comments

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

  • 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.

  • DTN Daily Basis Comments

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

  • DTN Daily Basis Comments

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

  • DTN Daily Basis Comments

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

  • DTN Daily Basis Comments

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

  • MV Neil N. Diehl crossing a wide-open, ice free, Lake Pepin on March 19, 2025, heading to Hastings, Minnesota, before continuing on to St. Paul, Minnesota, which is considered the head of navigation on the Mississippi River. (Photo courtesy of Matt Larson)

    Cash Market Moves

    Every spring, the shipping season in St. Paul, Minnesota begins when the first tow pushing barges makes it through Lake Pepin and eventually locks through Hastings, Minnesota, at Lock and Dam No. 2.