Press Releases

A View of Pesticide Use–New Research Released
Category: Blog/News
November, 2014

CAST Press Release   The Contributions of Pesticides to Pest Management in Meeting the Global […]

Precision Agriculture, Decision Ag—What’s in Your Cloud?
Category: Blog/News
November, 2014

Update–May 2015: ** Precision Ag is already yesterday’s news–now it’s “Decision Ag.”  This article looks […]

Modern Day Lumberjack—an Artist with Belt and Spikes
Category: Blog/News
November, 2014

The 70-foot pine tree in our backyard had to go—it should have been removed long […]

When Halloween Meant Tricks, Treats, and Trashed Outhouses on the School Lawn
Category: Blog/News
October, 2014

Farm of Horror:  As this video shows, a farm in England has been transformed into […]

Handpicking Corn–an Art and a Hazard
Category: Blog/News
October, 2014

Update: This Market to Market article/video provides a fascinating look at the old method of […]

Baseball’s Zen Cathedral in a Field of Corn
Category: Blog/News
October, 2014

UPDATE Sept. 2016: W.P. Kinsella died Sept. 16, 2016. His acclaimed novel, Shoeless Joe, became […]

Award Winning Scientist Calls for Better Ag Communication
Category: Blog/News
October, 2014

Note: ag/science parody video of Ylvis here–“What Do the Facts Say?”  CAST presented Dr. Alison […]

Blood Moon for Farmers, Werewolves, and Us All
Category: Blog/News
October, 2014

Update: For us here in central Iowa, the eclipse was spectacular. This CNN video report […]

Virtual Farms and Real Sunsets
Category: Blog/News
September, 2014

Many farmers in our neck of the woods own smartphones, so I suppose you can […]

Hitchhiking–with Robots, Road Warriors, and Ghosts from the Past
Category: Blog/News
September, 2014

Update August 2015:  Hitchhiking Robot in the USA–Ouch    HitchBOT the robot was created to […]

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