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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
Grains Rally to Start Friday: Is it Export Demand or Election Positioning?
Darin Newsom, Sr. Market Analyst with Barchart says some of the early support in the grain markets Friday morning is coming from strong export demand.
November 01, 2024 09:47 AM
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Market Analysis
Is Demand Strong Enough to Help Rally Grain Prices and Support a Soft Landing for the Ag Economy?
Joe Santos, Director of the Ness School of Management and Economics at SDSU, says, “Interest rates if they remain relatively high compared to history I think that will continue to tighten economic performance in general including agricultural performance.”
October 31, 2024 08:01 PM
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Market Analysis
Are Grain Prices Properly Responding to the Surge in Demand?
Jerry Gulke, president of the Gulke Group, says price performance might have been a little disappointing but that’s because of USDA’s lofty ending stocks estimates at nearly 2 billion bushels for corn and 550 million bushels for soybeans.
October 25, 2024 04:46 PM
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Market Analysis
What Caused Grains to Plunge Friday: Will Demand Continue to Support Prices?
Bryan Doherty, Total Farm Marketing, says grains saw profit taking on Friday after hitting chart resistance and a pick up in farmer selling.
October 25, 2024 02:53 PM
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Market Analysis
Grains Set Back on Profit Taking: Cattle Fade Higher Cash Then Run Into Chart Resistance
Scott Varilek with Kooima Kooima Varilek says grains ease on profit taking and farmer selling. Cattle make more new highs for the move on hedge lifting and higher cash trade which was generally up $2 yesterday then fade.
October 25, 2024 09:26 AM
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Market Analysis
Corn Gains on Strong Exports But Soybeans Disappoint: Cattle Follow Cash Higher
Tomm Pfitzenmaier with Summit Commodity Brokerage says corn was pushed Thursday by strong demand with 15.5 million bushels of flash sales and weekly exports of 142 million bushels, the highest in 3 1/2 years.
October 24, 2024 02:44 PM
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Market Analysis
Grains Extend Gains on Strong Exports and Technicals But For How Long? Cattle Recover
DuWayne Bosse of Bolt Marketing says corn and soybeans are getting pushed by strong weekly exports and more flash sales.
October 24, 2024 09:10 AM
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Market Analysis
Corn and Soybean Exports Are Improving But Could That Get Trumped by South America’s Crop?
Rich Nelson with Allendale, Inc. says while soybean export demand is improving if South America continues to receive rain prices could be too high.
October 23, 2024 08:28 PM
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Market Analysis
Row Crops Show Resilience: Cattle Falter
Rich Nelson of Allendale says corn and soybeans showed resilience rallying into the close on strong demand. However, he thinks it may be exporters front loading their purchases. Cattle reverse in reaction to the McDonald’s E.coli story.
October 23, 2024 02:33 PM
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Market Analysis
Grains Chop as Strong Demand Meets Farmer Selling: Where are the Funds?
Alan Brugler, A and N Economics, LLC says grains are caught in a tug of war between farmer selling and strong cash basis levels due to strong demand.
October 23, 2024 10:00 AM
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