Thanks very much.
Part of what we do as an association is try to connect all the folks involved in producing our product with the customer and ensure that information flows right from the seed company to the producer, the processor, the exporter, the customer and back. One of the things we do is connect with our customers.
Just this week, we had a mission with our Japanese customers, where we were able to connect with them directly and explain what's been happening in the supply chain. We talked a bit about how these container challenges have made it difficult for us to deliver on time for them. It was very helpful for us to be able to make those connections. Tonight we're connecting with some of our Asian customers further south in Singapore, Malaysia, and Indonesia. It's really helpful for us as an organization to bring together all of these parts of the value chain to talk to each other.
For example, it may not be evident to a producer that we only have one option to ship our soybeans to east Malaysia, and that at times that container shipping line won't even give us—