Your lines have been placed on listen-only until the question-and-answer session of today's conference. I would now like to turn the call over to Mr. Josh Beal, director of investor relations. And thank you,

Holding 138 stocks in its basket, Deere takes the top spot at a 23.4% share. American firms account for 63% of the assets, whereas Canada, India and Norway round off the next three spots. iShares MSCI Agriculture Producers ETF is less popular and illiquid,

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