Andrew Strelzik
BMO Capital Markets Equity Research

Good morning. I'm Andrew Strelzik, BMO's Agribusiness, Beverages and Restaurants Analyst. And I'm delighted to welcome everyone to our Annual Farm to Market and Chemicals Conference. The conference is now in its third decade. And this year, we have the pleasure of hosting over 100 companies and 1,000 total attendees over the course of today and tomorrow.

Our goal today remains unchanged, provide a forum to explore key themes and investment opportunities across the food value chain. The conference will highlight fireside chats and presentations from senior executives of leading companies spanning from farm to market, including the fertilizer, chemical, agribusiness, protein, food, beverage, distribution and food retail sectors.

I want to take a moment to thank the many people who make the conference the success you see today. The management teams have been incredibly generous with their time and insights that form the foundation for the conference. Our sales force, editorial staff and conference coordinators are remarkable in their commitment to make this event the success for investors and companies alike and the investors joining us from across the globe who really make this event special.

In addition to the variety of company and sector dynamics we expect to explore over the next 2 days, we seek to keep the conference relevant each year for the rapidly evolving dynamics across the agriculture and food value chain. We're fortunate to have as our keynote lunch panel today, a discussion with 4 senior leaders from BMO's commercial food and agriculture lending practice about