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Welcoming Frances Pierce to the CAST team as our new Creative Media Assistant! She's an ag comms senior at @OkStateU and will be supporting design, video, and social content this spring. Glad to have you on board. 🌾

CAST welcomes four new members to the Strategic Advisory Council (SAC)! • Brandon Neuschafer — American Bar Association • Dan Maycock — Dataplai • Elizabeth Stulberg — Lewis-Burke Associates • Paola de Almeida — Pegasus Capital Advisors cast-science.org/strategic-advi…

CAST has released new AI use policies for Task Force members. Authors and reviewers must disclose any AI use — tool, model, and version. AI cannot replace authorship, generate figures, or evaluate manuscripts. Full policy: buff.ly/zqie0Kd

In 2024–2025, CAST publications reached: • 9M media views • 1,700+ webinar attendees • 1,600 downloads Topics: AI in ag, genome editing, GHG negativity, precision irrigation & more. Full list in our Activities Report → buff.ly/5UwyrLK #CastAgScience

Our 2024–2025 Activities Report is live. ✅ 8 publications ✅ 9M+ media views ✅ SoAR acquisition ✅ New HQ at Iowa State Research Park ✅ CAST 3.0 framework Ready for the Future. Modernized. Innovative. More: buff.ly/5UwyrLK #CastAgScience #ReadyForTheFuture

@OhioState @farmdocDaily You'll be able to see Suraksha Baral's work in person at the CAST Annual Meeting & Student Innovation Conference in St. Louis, MO — October 2026. Stay tuned for details. 🔗 buff.ly/HBMPboM #CASTAgScience

@OhioState Suraksha Baral is also a published researcher. Her 2024 @farmdocdaily article analyzed farm and farmland trends across 8 Midwestern states — and she brought that data to real conversations at the Farm Science Review. Science doesn't stop at the journal. #CASTAgScience

Get to know Suraksha Baral, our 2025 CAST Science Communication Scholarship recipient. She's a PhD student at @OhioState studying circular economics — recycling, composting, and food waste — and how communication determines whether people actually act on science.

Missing MRL standards between countries can block safe food from reaching consumers. How close are we to global harmonization? Alan Norden breaks it down on Episode 5 of the CAST Pulse Podcast. 🎧 buff.ly/oJRsD2X #MRL #AgScience #CASTPulsePodcast

"A missing MRL doesn't mean food is unsafe." — Alan Norden, Minor Use Foundation (@MinorUseFndn) Episode 5 of the CAST Pulse Podcast is out now. ▶️ buff.ly/0I7Bur3 #MRL #AgScience #CASTPulsePodcast

Episode 5 of the CAST Pulse Podcast is live. Kaylee Kleitsch talks MRLs, minor crops, and global trade with Alan Norden of the Minor Use Foundation – @MinorUseFndn 🎧 buff.ly/oJRsD2X ▶️ buff.ly/0I7Bur3 #MRL #AgScience #CASTPulsePodcast

Big news: the 2026 CAST Annual Meeting & Student Innovation Conference is heading to St. Louis, MO! 🌾 Company tours, 3 days of discussion, and one of the country's top agtech hubs as our backdrop. Dates coming soon. Stay tuned. #CastScience #AgScience

What's the biggest challenge facing U.S. agriculture? According to Ray Starling, from @NCChamber, it's not technology — it's alignment. Episode 4 of the CAST Pulse Podcast is out now. 🎧 buff.ly/cOEIDCr #Agriculture #AgriculturalScience #CAST

@UWyonews Voices of Agriculture is a CAST series that shares diverse perspectives from within the agricultural community. Views are the author’s own, not CAST policy.

@UWyonews These shifts affect ecosystems, land management, wildlife habitat, firefighting costs, and community resilience.

Wildfires aren’t caused by climate alone. Fire also needs fuel—and invasive plants are often missing from the conversation. 🧵👇

@dlortega @michiganstateu @CANRatMSU @librarycongress CAST will sponsor travel for the student scholarship recipient to attend the ceremony in Washington, D.C. 🔗 buff.ly/oDVUhE1

@dlortega @michiganstateu @CANRatMSU @librarycongress In addition to honoring Dr. Ortega, the program will include the presentation of the CAST Science Communication Scholarship, recognizing an outstanding student communicator.

CAST has set Tuesday, March 3, 2026, at 6:00 p.m. EST as the new date for the 2025 Borlaug CAST Communication Award ceremony honoring David L. Ortega (@dlortega – @michiganstateu, @CANRatMSU), to be held at the @librarycongress. Read More: buff.ly/oDVUhE1