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

Gulke: Corn Demand May Have Been the Biggest Surprise in the WASDE

Jerry Gulke, president of the Gulke Group, says he was as surprised with USDA’s 188.8 bushel per corn acre yield as anyone, but their demand projections were even more surprising.

August 15, 2025 06:06 PM

Michelle Rook

Market Analysis

Ag Markets End Higher Friday! What Will it Take to Keep the Rallies Going?

Mark Schultz, Northstar Commodity, says corn December corn closed above the $4 level on Friday and was nearly steady for the week.

August 15, 2025 03:50 PM

Michelle Rook

Market Analysis

Cattle Try to Recover Awaiting NWS News: Grains Bounce But Can Corn Close Above $4?

Scott Varilek with Kooima Kooima Varilek says the big losses in the cattle market on Thursday were tied to concerns ahead of USDA’s New World screwworm (NWS) announcement. Grains are bouncing on value and technical buying.

August 15, 2025 09:51 AM

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Market Analysis

Ag Markets End Lower Except Corn Thursday: Why is Corn Holding up With a Record Crop?

Mike Minor with Professional Ag Marketing says he’s been impressed with how well the corn market has digested Tuesday’s bearish yield and production news.

August 14, 2025 03:10 PM

Michelle Rook

Market Analysis

Grains See Red Thursday! Reality of Bearish Fundamentals Returns

Darin Newsom, senior market analyst with Barchart, Inc. says fund or managed money traders have stepped back in as the market is coming back to the reality that the grain fundamentals are bearish.

August 14, 2025 10:16 AM

Michelle Rook

News

High Yields, Poor Profits: Corn Farmers Search for New Demand to Drive Prices

The National Corn Growers Association has issued a call to action to Congress and the Trump administration to help find demand for the 16.7 billion bushel corn crop.

August 14, 2025 12:21 AM

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Market Analysis

Soybeans Rally Post WASDE Pulling up Corn: Are the Lows In?

Chuck Shelby, Risk Management Commodities, says soybeans were higher still digesting the positive news from the WASDE report and pulled corn higher. While he thinks this is bottoming action in the soybeans but what about corn?

August 13, 2025 03:29 PM

Michelle Rook

Market Analysis

Did the WASDE Bottom the Corn and Soybeans Markets?

Kent Beadle with Paradigm Futures says corn is following the soybean market early Wednesday after USDA shocked the market with a record 188.8 bu. yield and 2 million more harvested acres. So did the report bottom the markets?

August 13, 2025 10:14 AM

Michelle Rook

Market Analysis

Corn Sinks on Shocking 188.8 Corn Yield: Soybeans Rally, but How Far?

Brian Splitt with AgMarket.Net says new crop corn fell to contract lows after the August WASDE in reaction to USDA’s eye-popping 188.8 bushel per acre corn yield. However, soybeans rallied with ending stocks falling under 300 million bushels.

August 12, 2025 03:32 PM

Michelle Rook

Corn

USDA Shocks the Market With Its Eye-Popping Corn Yield: Is This The Highest Yield of the Season?

If USDA predictions hold true, a massive U.S. corn crop is on the way.

August 12, 2025 02:05 PM

Michelle Rook