Farmland Partners Inc.

Good morning. My name is Rob and I will be your conference operator today. At this time, I would like to welcome everyone to the Farmland Partners Inc. second quarter 2023 earnings conference call. All lines have been placed on mute to prevent any background noise. After the speaker's remarks, there will be a question and answer session. If you would like to ask a question during this time, simply press star followed by the number one on your telephone keypad. If you would like to withdraw your question, again press the star one. Thank you. Luca Fabri, President and CEO, you may begin your conference.

Thank you, Rob. Good morning, everyone, and welcome to Farmland Partners' second quarter earnings conference call and webcast. It has been a busy quarter and frankly busy first half of the year here at Farmland Partners, so I especially welcome the opportunity for myself and the rest of the team to explain a little bit more and give a little bit more color about what we have been doing and what we are planning to do. And I appreciate your taking the time to join us for this call. I will now turn over the call to our general counsel, Christine Garrison, for some customary preliminary remarks. Christine?

Thanks, Luca, and thank you to everyone on the call. The press release announcing our second quarter earnings was distributed after market close yesterday. The supplemental package has been posted to the Investor Relations section of our website under the subheader Events and Presentations. For those of you who listened to the recording of this presentation, we remind you that the remarks made herein are as of today, July 27, 2023, 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 rents and the broader agricultural market. We will also discuss certain non-GAAP financial measures, including net operating income, FFO, adjusted FFO, EBITDA RE, and adjusted EBITDA 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 second quarter earnings, which is available on our website, farmlandpartners.com, and it's furnished as an exhibit to our current report on Form 8K, dated July 26, 2023. 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 Executive Chairman, Paul Pittman. Paul?