“Next, our guidance now incorporates an effective tax rate between 24% and 26%.”

In context

“increased and is now projected to be between 10% and 12% for the full year. Now transitioning to our Financial Services operations on Slide 12. Worldwide Financial Services net income attributable to Dier and Company in the second quarter was $190 million The year over year increase is a result of favorable financing spreads and favorable derivative valuation adjustments partially offset by the impact of a lower average portfolio. For fiscal year 2026, we raised our full year outlook to $860 million primarily driven by favorable fair value adjustment and improved provision for credit losses. And finally, Slide 13 outlines our guidance for net income effective tax rate and operating cash flow. For fiscal year 26, our net income forecast remains unchanged between $4.5 billion and $5 billion Next, our guidance now incorporates an effective tax rate between 24% and 26%. And lastly, cash flow from the equipment operations remains projected between $4.5 billion and $5.5 billion This concludes our formal remarks. I will now turn the call over to Brent Norwood, for opening comments before we cover a few quarter specific topics. T. Brent Norwood: Thanks, Christopher. I spent several years on Deere earnings calls in my prior time in investor relations, but I have been away for a while working in our construction and forestry business. So it is great to be back, and I look forward to reengaging with our investors and analysts in my new role. You noted earlier, we continue to operate in a highly dynamic business environment. However, resilience of our team the diversification of our business has enabled us to maintain our financial expectations for the current f”