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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.

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Market Analysis
Cattle Futures Chase Record Cash: Soybeans Fall and Corn Follows
Brad Kooima, Kooima Kooima Varilek, says cattle rally chasing record cash with the basis historically wide.
June 02, 2025 09:45 AM
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Market Analysis
Have the Grain Markets Given Up on New Trade Deals?
The grain markets were lower for the week, except for hard red spring wheat. Jerry Gulke, president of the Gulke Group, says he thinks the pressure was largely in response to this week’s surprising trade developments.
May 30, 2025 04:22 PM
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Market Analysis
Perfect Storm Drives Grains Lower For the Week, Except Spring Wheat
Allison Thompson with The Money Farm, says it was a lower week in the grains on a combination of technical selling, weather and trade uncertainty.
May 30, 2025 03:03 PM
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Market Analysis
Cattle Rally Early Friday Chasing Exploding Cash: Corn and Soybeans Weak
Scott Varilek, Kooima Kooima Varilek, says cattle futures are chasing exploding cash early Friday, with more record high prices paid in all areas. Corn and soybeans continue to be weak with mostly favorable weather.
May 30, 2025 09:44 AM
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Market Analysis
Ag Markets Fade Tariff Ruling, While Funds Sink Corn
Kent Beadle of Paradigm Futures says, unlike the financial markets, the ag futures did not see the positive reaction to the ITC court ruling declaring the “Independence Day” tariffs as illegal.
May 29, 2025 02:52 PM
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Market Analysis
Weather Trumps the ITC Court Ruling Against Tariffs in the Grain Markets
Darin Newsom, Barchart, says the financial markets have reacted positively to the International Trade Commission’s court ruling against the Trump tariffs, declaring them unlawful. However, the ag markets are disregarding the news.
May 29, 2025 10:00 AM
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Market Analysis
What Triggered the Fund Selling in Corn, Soybeans and Cattle Wednesday?
Matt Bennett with AgMarket.Net says corn and soybeans saw heavy technical or fund selling pressure on Wednesday, some of it in the grains was tied to weather.
May 28, 2025 03:24 PM
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Market Analysis
Wheat Tries to Hold Gains on Crop Ratings: Corn and Soybeans Struggle Wednesday
Randy Martinson, Martinson Ag, says wheat is seeing some strength from lower crop conditions,.
May 28, 2025 09:54 AM
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Market Analysis
Corn, Wheat Fall Fading EU Tariff Delay: Cattle Also Disappoint
Arlan Suderman, Chief Commodities Economist with StoneX, says corn and wheat saw pressure from weather, largely disregarding the positive news of EU tariff delays.
May 27, 2025 03:15 PM
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EPA
Policy
Biofuels Groups Optimistic About EPA’s RFS Proposal: Refute Talk of Lower Volumes
Recent rumors put volumes for biomass-based diesel at 4.65 billion gallons, but Paul Winters, director of public affairs, Clean Fuel Alliance America, says EPA has assured them that number is false.
May 27, 2025 11:33 AM
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