May 16, 2019 / 02:10PM GMT
Joel Jackson - BMO Capital Markets Equity Research - Director of Fertilizer Research & Analyst
All right, so we have another fireside chat, with FMC, of course, a large, global crop protection producer. We were expecting Andrew Sandifer to be here today, who is the CFO of the company, but he had a minor medical issue yesterday; he's doing better. But pinch-hitting for him today is Mike Wherley, the Director of Investor Relations. Again, please give me questions through the app, I would love to lead you into the conversation, emphasize please.
Questions and Answers:
Joel Jackson - BMO Capital Markets Equity Research - Director of Fertilizer Research & AnalystSo Mike, let's start off maybe on something that's topical this week, on the tariff situation. Any updates on maybe what some of the latest tariff news means for FMC?
Michael J. Wherley - FMC Corporation - Director of IR
Sure. We had given some guidance in February about a $10 million -- or a cost headwind in 2019 from the 10% tariff. The increase