John Kraus | Director, IR |
Pat Bowe | President and CEO |
Brian Valentine | SVP and CFO |
Anne Rex | VP, Corporate Controller |
Farha Aslam | Stephens |
Brandon Groeger | Vertical Group |
Eric Larson | Buckingham Research Group |
Ken Zaslow | BMO Capital Markets |
Good day, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to The Andersons 2018 Second Quarter Earnings Conference Call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. Later we will conduct a question and answer session and instructions will be given at that time. [Operator Instructions] And as a reminder, this conference call is being recorded. I'd now like to turn the conference over to John Kraus, Director, Investor Relations.