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The full 2026 CAST OJS Analytics Report covers platform-wide engagement metrics, traffic concentration analysis, per-publication performance, decade-by-decade breakdowns, multilingual publication data, and recommendations for content strategy and catalog stewardship....
The session, titled "The CAST Initiative: Where We Are and What's Ahead," offered CAST members a candid look at the work of the organization's Strategic Advisory Council, a 24-member body of leaders from across agriculture, research, investment and policy that has been tasked with defining what a national-level institution for...
Watch all three sessions on demand and earn a certificate of completion in AI at Work in Agriculture from CAST....
CAST has launched CAST Academy, a new online learning platform for agricultural professionals, students, and early-career scientists. The platform opens with AI at Work in Agriculture, a free three-part course led by Dan Maycock of Dataplai covering practical AI adoption in agribusiness — from implementation basics to real-world case studies....
For the first time in the organization's history, every CAST publication is now archived in an open digital repository and assigned a permanent Digital Object Identifier (DOI)....
Sessions convene cross-sector leaders as part of effort to build a National Academy of Agriculture....
Real-world AI deployments across agribusiness — who is doing what and how organizations across the supply chain are measuring value....
A direct look at the issues that stall AI adoption: data protection, ownership, cost management and separating science projects from ROI-driven solutions....
Session 1 examines what it actually takes to move past simple Q&A and build AI-powered solutions that deliver measurable operational value....
"AI at Work in Agriculture" runs June 25–July 9; attendees who complete all three sessions earn a certificate of completion....
Free livestream on July 7 examines how tariffs, the Iran conflict, drought and rising fuel costs are converging to push food prices higher....
Three-day event in St. Louis explores future of agricultural science under theme "Science That Feeds Tomorrow"; student poster competition to award $1,750 in prizes...