Good morning, I'm Kevin Gaskins, cotton market manager for BASF Agricultural Products. On behalf of BASF and the National Cotton Council, thanks for joining us today for the Cotton Physiology Workshop.

The theme of this year's Beltwide, as I'm sure you have already noticed, is "In Tune With Technology." In light of that theme, I can't think of a more fitting part of the program for BASF to be involved with than the Cotton Physiology Workshop.