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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: Mark Schultz Says Grains See Report Positioning with Profit Taking in Cattle
AgDay TV Markets Now: Mark Schultz of Northstar Commodity talks about the report positioning and profit taking in grains as well as cattle after new highs.
February 07, 2023 03:46 PM
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Michelle Rook
Market Analysis
Grains End Lower Ahead of Report: Profit Taking in Fed Cattle After Contract Highs
Grains end mostly lower ahead of the WASDE, watching SA production, crude oil. Live cattle hit by profit taking after contract highs, with short covering in hogs. Mark Schultz of Northstar Commodity has analysis.
February 07, 2023 02:15 PM
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Michelle Rook
Market Analysis
Live Cattle See Profit Taking after NCHs, Hogs Try to Recover: Grains Mixed Ahead of USDA Report
Cattle lower, but with is this just healthy profit taking after contract highs? Hogs try to recover after new lows. Report positioning in the grains. Brad Kooima of Kooima Kooima Varilek has analysis.
February 07, 2023 11:31 AM
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Michelle Rook
Market Analysis
Grains Mixed Early on Report Positioning: Livestock Mostly Lower with Profit Taking in Live Cattle
Grains mixed w/report positioning and profit taking in meal and soybeans. Wheat supported on a lower crop rating in TX. Cattle consolidate after new highs. Tomm Pfitzenmaier of Summit Commodity Brokerage has more.
February 07, 2023 09:25 AM
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Michelle Rook
Politics
Senators Reintroduce Cattle Market Reform Legislation: Goal to Improve Price Discovery and Transparency
Last Thursday farm state Senators reintroduced a bill that would among other things mandate the amount of cash trade in the cattle market. However, the same hurdles for passage remain in the House and Senate.
February 06, 2023 04:23 PM
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Michelle Rook
Market Analysis
AgDay TV Markets Now: Alan Brugler Analyzes the Lower Day in Soybeans and Meal and What will Break Corn’s Sideways Pattern
AgDay TV Markets Now: Alan Brugler of Brugler Marketing analyzes the lower day in soybeans and meal and what it will take to break corn’s sideways trading pattern.
February 06, 2023 04:16 PM
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Michelle Rook
Market Analysis
Mixed Closes with Soybeans & Meal Lower on Profit Taking, China Tensions: Live Cattle Hit Contract Highs on Higher Cash
A mixed day w/beans and meal down on profit taking, rising China tensions. Corn slightly higher but rangebound. LC made new contract highs with higher cutouts and cash. Alan Brugler, Brugler Marketing has more.
February 06, 2023 02:15 PM
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Michelle Rook
Market Analysis
Grains and Hogs Mostly Lower on Technical Selling, China Tensions: Cattle Mostly Higher with Firmer Cash and Cutouts
Grains mostly lower on technical selling, Arg. rain chances, China tensions rising. Cattle lean higher with lower corn, higher cash, cutouts. China news pressures hogs. Randy Martinson of Martinson Ag has more.
February 06, 2023 11:37 AM
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Michelle Rook
Beef
Cattle Producers and NCBA Hopeful USDA Cattle Market Contract Library Will Improve Price Discovery
USDA has announced the details of their Cattle Market Contract Library Pilot Program but will it be useful in price discovery in the cattle market?
February 06, 2023 10:54 AM
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Michelle Rook
Market Analysis
Grains Mixed with Profit Taking in Soybeans, Wheat Putting in Risk Premium: Cattle Consolidate After New Highs
Wheat higher putting in war premium, soybeans and meal lower on profit taking and Chinese tensions. Corn is caught in the middle. Cattle consolidate, while hogs see fund selling. Kent Beadle of Paradigm Futures.
February 06, 2023 09:15 AM
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Michelle Rook
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