We get Friday's show started to close out July with market analysis and perspective from Mike Castle, Senior Commodities Economist at StoneX. In Segment Two, we discuss the week in the cattle and hog markets and get perspective from Joe Kooima with Kooima Kooima Varilek. Then we spend the rest of the show talking about a wild month of market volatility and look at the ag economy with Chad Hart from Iowa State University.

Wheat was under pressure again on Friday with mixed action elsewhere. Mike Castle, Senior Commodities Economist with StoneX, joins us to break down the week and the end of the month trade action in grains, livestock and the macro markets.

On Thursday's show, we talk market action in Segment One with Darren Frye from Water Street Solutions followed by a new episode of Cattle Chatter with Susan Littlefield and Joe Kooima from KKV Trading in Segment Two. Then we talk markets, long call option basics and more with Bryan Doherty from Total Farm Marketing to finish out the show.

Wednesday on Market Talk we sit down with Mike Zuzolo, president of Global Commodity Analytics, to unpack a volatile midweek session — soybeans and corn lower, wheat mixed, cattle higher, and the Fed holding rates steady. Mike breaks down the ruble's slide against the dollar, fresh sanctions on Russia and Iran, an intense 24 hours of military escalation, why soybeans are giving back ground faster than corn, what the weather models mean for national yield, key technical levels in soybeans and December corn, and why he still sees feeder cattle as the market's leader heading into the border reopening. We also get price perspective from Mike Castle, Senior Commodities Economist at StoneX, in Segment One and talk more broadly about the ag economy situation including upcoming ARC/PLC payments, soybean crush margins and more with David Widmar from Agricultural Economic Insights in Segment Two.

Tyler Schau of AgMarket.net joins Market Talk to break down the cattle market's rebound after Monday's sell-off, what Friday's Cattle on Feed and Inventory reports really showed and why the Douglas, Arizona border reopening rattled deferred cattle contracts. Plus: extreme heat impacts on Kansas feedyards, boxed beef seasonality heading into Labor Day, and a full grain market rundown as corn, spring wheat, canola and soybeans all face a critical weather stretch through August.

Grain and livestock markets are showing a bit of a rebound in Tuesday trade. We talk about it with Arlan Suderman, Chief Commodities Economist at StoneX.

A rough Monday across ag commodities — soybeans led grain losses, cattle futures got hit hard, and the pressure spilled into hogs and outside markets. Mike Minor of Professional Ag Marketing joins Market Talk to break down the "big three" (plus a new fourth factor) driving the selloff, what USDA's phased reopening of the southern border means for cattle imports from Mexico and why producers shouldn't panic-sell into a rough day. Find more at https://www.professionalagmarketing.com. As we finish out July, many areas of the U.S. are dealing with extreme heat and humidity for a few days to start the week. What is the outlook for later this week and into the month of August? Eric Snodgrass with Nutrien Ag Solutions joins us to discuss in our Weekly Weather Update for Monday, July 27th, 2026. More at https://www.agweather.com. We also close out the show and hear a Monday market conversation between Susan Littlefield and Jim McCormick from AgMarket.net in Segment Four.

Heavy pressure is seen across grains, livestock and outside markets to start the week on Monday. We talk about it with Arlan Suderman, Chief Commodities Economist at StoneX, in our Market Talk Midday Commentary.