you, Thank Ted.
quarter very strong As Ted Balchem, of mentioned, in XXXX. context first overall was first the particularly of half another quarter the the solid for
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versus data still improving Recent quarter levels negative for for But of the fourth year-over-year provided above remain by supplements XXXX, period. sequentially US first retail pre-pandemic the show Nielsen the growth quarter. dietary and sales sales modestly
Human Overall Nutrition X.X% Health segment sales for & sequentially. Balchem's were up
return our its that will to trajectory. in supplements growth expectation the is the of Over line market the course with growth historical year,
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Animal $X lower Overall & Nutrition sales quarter prior to decrease of Nutrition flat Health million, earnings from were the Balchem's sequentially. XX.X% delivered segment a of for from Health Animal essentially the primarily sales. operations & due year
early the a third recover experienced environment rapid of inflationary year-over-year XXXX, first on year. as from of quarter declined was following gradually improvement straight we basis we operations quarter While earnings last the margins the sequential
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European As some show this we call, earnings the shared direct contrast food is softness, last in demand demand during animal year. which experienced feed the continues the to last strong market relatively to time
costs, impact key the of demand Europe dairy measures swine Lower the economic animal a factors in the environmental much in linked costs welfare markets feed poultry, driven combination to animal increasing diseases, our has and been spread of Ukraine. across and higher utility war by including and of of policy
through European progress believe food XXXX. disinflation, costs feed energy and some in as lower we markets and we stabilizing we see animal the will With normalization
been larger experienced the has demand volatility. been near same of market While type more our US fairly stable lately, anywhere and has has Europe challenged not
sales Performance prior selling Our impact rates, segment Specialty Balchem's Overall, partially versus primarily year operations Specialty of decrease year prices. delivered delivered to to X.X% segment currency primarily increase by were Products the changes quarter, prior X.X% related foreign for driven sales million, products of lower sales quarterly Products sales $X in quarter offset in nutrition the Specialty Products up an X.X% gases average of of compared due and the by higher of plant unfavorable business. earnings exchange increased a million, sequentially. from $XX to
to in the pricing segment costs continue an we input of costs million, pandemic. higher actions also increase adjusted were the during to started the improvement following sequential Specialty material Performance Margins continue Products, negative earnings raw benefiting experienced for $X operations we X.X%. to Within see some and as in taken reductions this improve Gases have quarter we our from we see impact business to business. recover First have
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going Ted to I'm call closing for now back over to some turn the remarks.