Thank you very much colleagues.
Welcome, witnesses. I appreciate your time today. Time is short, so we're getting close to the end.
I would like to speak a little bit about the agriculture side, but this bridges over so feel free to chime in. Recently at the agriculture committee, there's been a lot of discussion regarding business risk management. I'd like to have an understanding of how or if improved forecasting, as we're discussing here today, could reduce long-term federal liabilities under disaster assistance programs by improving preparedness.