Explore the full body of work produced through CAST’s Inform, Convene, and Guide programs — peer-reviewed publications, policy briefs, lab reports, multimedia content, and more.
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....
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)....
When a fire broke out at a North Carolina nursery on Father's Day, the farmer had hours to find out whether his contaminated irrigation pond would kill his remaining crops. The experts who answered his call were kayaking, playing baseball, heading to church. Capacity funding is why they picked up....
In this Meet the Expert session, Ortega explains the convergence of forces behind today's food prices: tariffs, the Iran conflict, bird flu, drought, and a policy environment so uncertain it's become inflationary on its own....
