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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
Grains Chop Pre-Report, Hogs Mixed to Lower Digesting USDA Data
Joe Kooima of Kooima Kooima Varilek says row crops have had a tough week making new lows — and Friday is off to a similar start.
June 28, 2024 11:33 AM
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Market Analysis
Corn and Soybeans Make Fresh Lows: Is the Market Too Bearish Heading Into the USDA Reports?
DuWayne Bosse, Bolt Marketing, says the trade is leaning too bearish heading into the reports, but corn and soybeans have also experienced selling tied to improved weather and other factors.
June 27, 2024 05:30 PM
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Market Analysis
AgDay Markets Now: DuWayne Bosse Explains Why Corn and Soybeans Can’t Find a Bottom
DuWayne Bosse, Bolt Marketing, says the trade is leaning too bearish heading into the USDA reports, but corn and soybeans just can’t seem to put in a low.
June 27, 2024 05:09 PM
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Market Analysis
Grains Try to Bounce Off New Lows: Near Term Highs in Cattle
Grains try to bounce after making near term lows Tuesday. Kent Beadle, Paradigm Futures, says markets are trading weather and positioning ahead of delivery and USDA reports.
June 26, 2024 11:22 AM
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Market Analysis
AgDay Markets Now: Don Roose Explains Why Grains Pushed to New Near Term Lows
Don Roose of U.S. Commodities says funds are selling in the grains markets due to bearish technical signals and lower seasonals, plus gearing up for bearish USDA Reports.
June 26, 2024 07:22 AM
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Market Analysis
Another Bloodbath with New Lows in the Grains: What Triggered the Fund Selling?
Grains see another bloodbath on Tuesday with new lows for the move scored across the complex. Don Roose of U.S. Commodities says funds are aggressively selling and are record short for this time of year.
June 25, 2024 05:50 PM
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Michelle Rook
Market Analysis
Grains Break to New Lows Disregarding Lower Crop Ratings and Flooding
Grains break to new lows on fund selling says Randy Martinson, Martinson Ag. He says the market is totally disregarding lower crop ratings and flooding in the Northwestern Corn Belt.
June 25, 2024 11:59 AM
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Michelle Rook
Market Analysis
AgDay Markets Now: Shawn Hackett Details the Rally in Soybeans, Says Row Crops Try to Forge Lows
Shawn Hackett, Hackett Financial Advisors, says corn and beans took out the March lows and may have put in exhaustion lows. “It looks to me like the grain markets are washed out here,” he states.
June 25, 2024 09:22 AM
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Michelle Rook
Market Analysis
What Drove the Rally in Soybeans and Meal, While Corn and Wheat Struggled?
Shawn Hackett, Hackett Financial Advisors, says soybeans rally with corrective buying following meal, but corn and wheat end mostly lower ahead of USDA Reports.
June 24, 2024 05:41 PM
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Michelle Rook
Market Analysis
Grains Lower Except Nearby Soybeans: Cattle Trade Record Cash and Bearish COF Report
Ag markets are mostly lower Monday except cattle and nearby soybeans. The record cash cattle trade is trumping the bearish Cattle on Feed Report, says Scott Varilek, Kooima Kooima Varilek.
June 24, 2024 03:16 PM
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