CAST webinars bring leading researchers and practitioners together to explore critical issues in agriculture, food, and natural resources — free and open to the public. Recordings available below.
CAST’s new issue paper, “PFAS in Agriculture: Science, Uncertainty, and Risk Communication,” is now available, along with the recording of the Oct. 16 release webinar with authors Jon Entine, Mark McDaniel and Thomas Redick....
Watch the recording of Resilience and Security: Building the Capacity to Thrive in a Changing World, Session 3 of The Future of American Agriculture, a public leadership dialogue series from CAST, featuring Duane Simpson, National Council of Farmer Cooperatives; Jeremy Jack, Silent Shade Planting Company; and Michaela McGinn, United Soybean...
Watch the recording of Research and Innovation: Accelerating the Path from Discovery to Impact, the second session of CAST’s public leadership dialogue series The Future of American Agriculture, featuring Elizabeth Stulberg, ClearPath; Karen Ellis Carr, ArentFox Schiff; and Ronnie Green, University of Nebraska-Lincoln....
Watch the recording of Investment and Competitiveness: Aligning Capital with Agricultural Priorities, the first session of CAST's public leadership dialogue series The Future of American Agriculture, featuring Paola de Almeida, Natural Systems Capital, Inc., and host Chris Boomsma....
Researchers hear it from industry all the time: "We love your papers, but when we need to make a decision, we just can't figure out how to use these models quickly enough." This webinar is about closing that gap....
A detailed look at how AI is already being deployed across U.S. agriculture — from precision spray systems reducing herbicide use by half, to acoustic sensors detecting disease before symptoms appear — and the policy choices that will determine who benefits from these technologies....
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...
In the final session of the AI at Work in Agriculture series, Dan Maycock walks through four organizations using AI in agriculture and agribusiness today -- and what actually happened when they brought it in....
In this CAST webinar, Florence Becot, PhD, walks through what the research shows about mental health and well-being in agriculture, the structural and social factors that explain these challenges, and what responses at the community and policy levels are making a difference....
