Blogs

When Halloween Meant Tricks, Treats, and Trashed Outhouses on the School Lawn
Blog/News
October 30, 2014

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

Handpicking Corn–an Art and a Hazard
Blog/News
October 23, 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
Blog/News
October 21, 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
Blog/News
October 16, 2014

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

CAST Award Goes to Dynamic Scientist/Communicator
Press Release
October 16, 2014

Agricultural Communication Takes Center Stage at CAST Event Alison Van Eenennaam Wins Borlaug CAST Communication […]

Blood Moon for Farmers, Werewolves, and Us All
Blog/News
October 7, 2014

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

Virtual Farms and Real Sunsets
Blog/News
September 25, 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
Blog/News
September 23, 2014

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

Environment News Includes Marches, Waste, and Donuts
Blog/News
September 22, 2014

Folks used to sit on the porch shootin’ the breeze. For many now, the porch […]

Walking Beans, Marketing Grain, and Crunching Numbers
Blog/News
September 12, 2014

The Council for Agricultural Science and Technology has a close association with Iowa State University, […]