Lindsay Corporation (LNN) Q1 2026 Earnings Call

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Good day and welcome to the Lindsay Corporation Fiscal First Quarter 2026 Earnings Conference Call. All participants will be in listen-only mode. Should you need assistance, please signal a conference specialist by pressing the star key followed by zero. After today's presentation, there will be an opportunity to ask questions. To ask a question, you may press star then one on a touch-tone phone. To withdraw your question, please press star then two. Please note this event is being recorded. I would now like to turn the conference over to Randy Wood, President and CEO. Please go ahead. Thank you and good morning, everyone. Welcome to our fiscal 2026 first quarter earnings call. With me today is Sam Henriksen, our Chief Financial Officer. Once again, I'm very proud of our team's execution in the quarter, despite external headwinds impacting our business. While ongoing trade uncertainty, low commodity prices and high input costs have negatively impacted customer profitability and sentiment, our team's focus on price and cost management and operational efficiencies gained through our diversified global footprint helped us deliver solid profitability and maintain earnings quality in the quarter. In our domestic U.S. irrigation business, customers continue to delay large capital purchases due to high input costs and low profitability. In our international business, We're encouraged by the strength and opportunities in the project market, including the Middle East and North Africa. Our ability to help growers globally improve productivity and optimize resources remains a key differentiator for Lindsay and has supported performance amid a challenging macroeconomic environment. Subsequent to the end of our fiscal first quarter, we announced a supply agreement to provide ZMAT...