American Vanguard Corporation (AVD) Q2 2026 Earnings Call

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Greetings. Welcome to the American Vanguard Second Quarter twenty twenty six Earnings Conference Call. At this time, all participants are in a listen only mode. A question and answer session will follow the formal presentation. Please note this conference is being recorded. I will now turn the conference over to your host, Bobby Winters, Director of Investor Relations. You may begin. Thank you, operator. Good afternoon, and welcome to American Vanguard's Second Quarter twenty twenty six Earnings Review Conference Call. Our prepared remarks will be led by Dak Kay, Chief Executive Officer and David Johnson, Chief Financial Officer. After their prepared remarks, we will open up the call for questions. A copy of today's press release, along with supplemental slides are available on our website. A replay of the webcast and a transcript from this event will be made available on our website shortly after the call. Before we begin our presentation, we would like to remind everyone that today's press release and certain comments on the call include non GAAP figures and forward looking statements, and actual results may differ materially from these forecasts. Please refer to the cautionary language in our press release and slides and to the risk factors described in our SEC filings, all of which are available on our website. It's now my pleasure to turn the call over to CEO, Dak K. Thank you, Bobby, and welcome everyone to our second quarter twenty twenty six earnings conference call. Results for the quarter and the first half of this year reflect ongoing and dynamic cross currents affecting our agricultural markets and customers around the world. But more importantly, the progress we are making on lowering cost and driving commercial improvement regardless of the environment....