Farmland Partners Inc.

Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you for attending today's Farmland Partners Fourth Quarter 2021 Earnings Conference Call. My name is Tia, and I will be your moderator for today's call. All lines will be muted during the presentation portion of the call with an opportunity for questions and answers at the end. If you would like to ask a question, please press star one on your telephone keypad. I will now pass the conference over to your host, Paul Pitman with Farmland Partners Incorporated. You may proceed.

Thank you, ma'am. Good morning and welcome to Farmland Partners' fourth quarter and full year 2021 earnings conference call and webcast. We appreciate you taking the time to join us for these calls. I will now turn over the call to James for some customary remarks. James.

Thank you, Paul, and thank you to everyone on the call. The press release announcing our fourth quarter and full year earnings was distributed yesterday afternoon. The supplemental package was posted to the investor relations section of our website under the subheader presentations and other materials yesterday afternoon as well. For those who listened to the recording of this presentation, we remind you that the remarks made herein are as of today, February 23rd, 2022, and will not be updated subsequent to this call. During this call, we will make forward-looking statements, including statements related to the future performance of our portfolio, our identified and potential acquisitions and dispositions, impact of acquisitions, dispositions, and financing activities, business development opportunities, as well as comments on our outlook for our business, rent, and the broader agricultural markets. We will also discuss certain non-GAAP financial measures including net operating income, FFO, adjusted FFO, EBIT.RE, and adjusted EBIT.RE. Definitions of these non-GAAP measures as well as reconciliations to the most comparable GAAP measures are included in the company's press release announcing fourth quarter and full year earnings, which is available on our website, www.farmlandpartners.com, and is furnished as an exhibit to our current report on Form 8K, dated February 23, 2022. Listeners are cautioned that these statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties, many of which are difficult to predict and generally beyond our control. These risks and uncertainties can cause actual results to differ materially from our current expectations and we advise listeners to review the risk factors discussed in our press release distributed yesterday and in documents we have filed with or furnished to the SEC. I would now like to turn the call to our Chairman and CEO, Paul Pittman. Paul?