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

Grains Rally to Fresh Highs Adding Risk Premium: Cattle Plunge Looking for a Low

The grain markets were higher early Wednesday with wheat leading the price gains and adding war premium.

July 22, 2026 11:32 AM

Michelle Rook

Market Analysis

Wheat Pulls up Corn: Soybeans Consolidate After New Highs for the Year

A day after making new highs for the year and hitting the highest levels in three years, the soybean market saw some profit taking and consolidation. Corn and wheat resumed their rally.

July 21, 2026 04:24 PM

Michelle Rook

Market Analysis

Beans See Profit Taking on Weather, Ratings: Can Cattle Continue to Recover?

Corn and soybeans saw some early profit taking pressure on Tuesday after running into chart resistance and with better than expected crop ratings.

July 21, 2026 10:45 AM

Michelle Rook

Market Analysis

Soybeans, Corn Rally and Make Fresh Highs Monday: Cattle Finally Bounce

Soybeans gapped higher Sunday night and made new highs for the move again on Monday says Mark Schultz with Northstar Commodity.

July 20, 2026 06:01 PM

Michelle Rook

Market Analysis

Is the Bleeding Over in the Cattle Market? Row Crop Make Fresh Highs on Weather, War, China

Joe Kooima, Kooima Kooima Varilek says the question is whether or not a bounce in the cattle can hold or if funds will use it to exit more of their long positions.

July 20, 2026 10:22 AM

Michelle Rook

Markets

Hold or Sell?

Jerry Gulke, president of the Gulke Group, says in a bull market it can be difficult to know whether to hold or sell because it can get volatile and emotional.

July 17, 2026 09:19 PM

Michelle Rook

Market Analysis

Grains Close Higher a Second Week: How High Will Prices Rally?

Shawn Hackett with Hackett Financial Advisors says wheat has been leading the grains higher and how long the rally can be sustained is dependent on how long the Black Sea export slowdown lasts.

July 17, 2026 04:17 PM

Michelle Rook

Market Analysis

Cattle See Record Slide, Searching for a Bottom: Grains Eye Weather, War, China

Scott Varilek of Kooima Kooima Varilek says everybody’s looking for the bottom in the cattle market and wants to know if it is close.

July 17, 2026 11:28 AM

Michelle Rook

Market Analysis

Grains End Lower on Profit Taking but Will the Rally Resume? Cattle Continue to Bleed

Garrett Toay with AgTraderTalk says after the big rally to start the week the grain markets saw some profit taking and corrective selling.

July 16, 2026 05:24 PM

Michelle Rook

Market Analysis

Wheat Tries Extending Gains, Corn and Soybeans See Profit Taking: Cattle Spiral

DuWayne Bosse of Bolt Marketing says the wheat market was trying to extend gains early Thursday but may be getting close to pricing the Black Sea export disruptions in.

July 16, 2026 12:07 PM

Michelle Rook