American Vanguard Corporation (AVD) Q1 2025 Earnings Call

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Greetings and welcome to the American Vanguard first quarter 2025 earnings conference call. At this time all participants are on a listen only mode and a question and answer session will follow the formal presentation. If anyone should require operator assistance during the conference, please press star zero on your telephone keypad. Please note, this conference is being recorded. I will now turn the conference over to your host, Mr. Anthony Young. Sir, you may begin. Thank you, Ali. Good afternoon and welcome to American Vanguard's first quarter 2025 earnings review. Our prepared remarks will be led by Dat Kaye, Chief Executive Officer, and David Johnson, Chief Financial Officer. We have prepared presentation slides, which are posted on the investor relations section of the American Vanguard website. Let's begin this call with our forward-looking cautionary reminder. During this call, we may discuss forward-looking information. All forward-looking statements are estimates by the company's management and are subject to various risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ. Such factors include weather conditions, changes in regulatory policy, and other risks as detailed in the company's SEC reports and pilots. All forward-looking statements represent the company's judgment as of the date of its release, and such information will not necessarily be updated by the company. It is now my pleasure to turn the call over to CEO, Zach Kay. Thank you, Anthony, and welcome everyone to our first quarter 2025 earnings conference call. Let me start with a view from 10,000 feet. The year 2024 was one of great change at American Vanguard and was then capped off by a prolonged financial close and audit that delayed our form 10K and consequently the 10Q, which David...