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. Complete all three sessions to earn a certificate of completion.

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.