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Michelle Rook

National Reporter

Michelle Rook is a national agricultural reporter and market analyst for Farm Journal’s AgDay and U.S. Farm Report, and she is the host of Markets Now. With expertise in commodity markets, grain trading, and agricultural journalism, she delivers daily market updates and analysis to farmers nationwide. She earned the NAFB Farm Broadcaster of the Year award and the prestigious Doan Excellence in Reporting Award.

Latest Stories
Market Analysis
AgDay TV Markets Now: Kent Beadle, Paradigm Futures Explains Why Grain and Cattle Markets Saw Red on Valentines Day
AgDay TV Markets Now: Kent Beadle, Paradigm Futures explains why grain and cattle saw red on Valentines Day
February 14, 2024 05:18 PM
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Market Analysis
Grain and Cattle Markets End in the Red: What Triggered the Meltdown?
Grain markets see fund selling ahead of USDA’s Ag Outlook Forum. Cattle pressed by lower cash in the south, but hogs rally on Prop 12 news. Kent Beadle, Paradigm Futures, has details.
February 14, 2024 03:12 PM
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Market Analysis
Grain and Cattle Prices Seeing Red Early for Valentine’s Day
Grains and cattle start in the red, while hogs finally bounce. DuWayne Bosse, Bolt Marketing, looks at where the early pressure stems from.
February 14, 2024 12:34 PM
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Michelle Rook
Market Analysis
AgDay TV Markets Now: Alan Brugler Discusses Why Soybeans Couldn’t Extend Gains Tuesday
AgDay TV Markets Now: Alan Brugler, Brugler Marketing, discusses why soybeans could not extend gains on Tuesday and why corn can’t bottom.
February 14, 2024 08:30 AM
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Market Analysis
Grains and Cattle End Mostly Lower Except Corn, Pulled Down by Bearish Outside Markets
Alan Brugler, Brugler Marketing says he can’t call a low in the corn market without some sort of a catalyst and “We don’t have much to work with fundamentally in soybeans to rally.”
February 13, 2024 04:48 PM
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Market Analysis
Cattle See Profit Taking Off New Highs, Hogs Consolidate: Corn Tries to Extend Monday’s Gains
Cattle see profit taking with a lower stock market. Hogs continue to consolidate. Corn tries to extend gains on fund short covering with a lack of bullish news. Brad Kooima, Kooima Kooima Varilek, has more.
February 13, 2024 11:19 AM
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Michelle Rook
Market Analysis
AgDay TV Markets Now: Naomi Bloom Discusses Monday’s Strength in Row Crops. Was it a One Day Pop?
AgDay TV Markets Now: Naomi Blohm says corn and soybean saw a technical bounce but are still watching two key factors this week for direction.
February 13, 2024 07:49 AM
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Market Analysis
Soybean and Corn Prices Higher but Still Looking for a Bottom: Livestock Mixed
Soybeans see short covering before USDA Outlook Forum. Corn follows beans, bouncing off contract lows. Live cattle see profit taking despite higher cash, feeders strong. Naomi Blohm, Total Farm Marketing, has more.
February 12, 2024 05:26 PM
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Conservation
2024 Top Producer Of The Year Christine Hamilton: Driven For Excellence
At Christiansen Land and Cattle, they’re committed to excellence and continuous improvement, a mindset that started when Christine Hamilton’s family homesteaded in South Dakota in 1891.
February 12, 2024 01:51 PM
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Michelle Rook
Market Analysis
Soybeans Higher but Can They Hold Gains, Especially with Lower Wheat? Cattle Digest Higher Cash
Grains start mixed with soybeans seeing corrective buying, while wheat is lower and corn is stuck. Cattle seeing slight gains after sharply higher cash, hogs are two-sided. Randy Martinson, Martinson Ag, has details.
February 12, 2024 09:59 AM
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