Jun 09, 2021 / 06:15PM GMT
David L. Begleiter - Deutsche Bank AG, Research Division - MD and Senior Research Analyst
Good afternoon, and welcome back. My name is Dave Begleiter of Deutsche Bank's U.S. Equity Research, Chemicals and Agriculture Team. Again, welcome to our 2021 Global Basic Materials Conference. With us today is Jim Collins, CEO of Corteva. This is a fireside chat format. If you like to ask some questions, you can enter them via the chat box on the left-hand side of the screen. With that, we'll get going. So Jim, welcome, and how are you?
James C. Collins - Corteva, Inc. - CEO & Director
Dave, I'm great. Great to be here with you again. We always enjoy doing the conference. So looking forward to the time today.
Questions and Answers:
David L. Begleiter - Deutsche Bank AG, Research Division - MD and Senior Research AnalystThank you, Jim. So again, obviously, ag fundamentals are very strong. We have corn and bean prices almost at 7-year highs. Now what are the reasons for this? And how long do you think the strength is