American Vanguard Corporation (AVD) Q3 2025 Earnings Call

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Greetings and welcome to the American Vanguard third 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. And please note, this conference is being recorded. I will now turn the conference over to your host, Mr. Anthony Young, Director of Investor Relations. Sir, the floor is yours. Thank you, Operator. Good morning, and welcome to American Vanguard's third quarter 2025 earnings review. Our prepared remarks will be led by Dak Kay, Chief Executive Officer, and David Johnson, Chief Financial Officer. A copy of today's release, along with supplemental slides, are available on our website. A replay of the webcast and transcript from this event will be available on our website shortly as well. Before we begin our comments, we'd like to remind everyone that today's press release and certain of our comments on the call include non-GAAP figures and forward-looking statements, and actual results may differ materially. Please refer to the cautionary language included 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 is now my pleasure to turn the call over to CEO Dakike. Thank you, Anthony, and welcome everyone to our third quarter 2025 earnings conference call. When I joined the team 11 months ago, my directive was to simplify, prioritize, and deliver, and that is what we are doing. Our adjusted EBITDA increased from 1.8 million in the year-ago period to 8.2 million in the current quarter. an increase of more than 350%. The third quarter is typically our weakest quarter...