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The 2026 CAST Annual Meeting & Student Innovation Conference starts today in St. Louis, hosted by @Bayer4CropsUS. Tonight, 13 students from six universities present their research at Grant's Farm.
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The evening also features a keynote by Giles Oldroyd of @DanforthCenter and a conversation with Courtney Knupp of the United Soybean Board (@SoyCheckoff).
Thank you to our host @Bayer4CropsUS and to our conference supporters @BASFCorporation, @cortevaUS, @SyngentaUS and Vylor for making this meeting possible.
5,000+ K–12 students, a TEDx talk in Mumbai, and a NASA fellowship. 2026 @castagscience Science Communication Scholarship recipient Jessica Atkin shows what it looks like when a scientist actually talks to people.
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#SciComm #AgScience
That's a wrap on the CAST booth at the @WorldFoodPrize #BorlaugDialogue. 🐄🌱🍎 Thank you to everyone who stopped by, grabbed a charm, and talked science with us. See you next year!
CAST and India's National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (@naasindia) signed a 5-year MoU at the #BorlaugDialogue. It covers joint programs, publications and exchanges to strengthen U.S.–India agricultural science. buff.ly/Fyi9HlL
Missed Session 4 of The Future of American Agriculture? Watch Trust and Leadership: Building Confidence in Food and Agriculture with Jack Bobo, UCLA Rothman Family Institute for Food Studies, and Julie Borlaug, Borlaug Consulting.
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#Agriculture
ALT The Future of American Agriculture, Session 4: Trust and Leadership: Building Confidence in Food and Agriculture, with Jack Bobo and Julie Borlaug.
Next: American Agriculture 2040: From Vision to Action, Nov. 18, noon CT, with Dan Robison, Iowa State University; David Crass, Michael Best; Janie Hipp, Native Agriculture Financial Services; and co-host Ray Starling, NC Chamber.
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The CAST charms are back. 🐄🌱🍎 Find animals, plants, and foods (one for each of our workgroups) at the CAST booth at the @WorldFoodPrize #BorlaugDialogue in Des Moines through Oct. 22.
A CRISPR enzyme built from parts of Cas9 and Cas12a. AI that picks which genes to edit together. Watch Aaron Hummel of Pairwise and Veerle De Schepper of Rainbow Crops on where plant breeding is heading, in our webinar with @sivbiology.
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#GeneEditing
How can agriculture strengthen the trust and leadership capabilities needed to support continued innovation and progress? Session 4 of @castagscience's The Future of American Agriculture, Wed., Oct. 21, noon CT. Free: buff.ly/2k9r8bp #Agriculture
Missed it? Watch authors Jon Entine, Mark McDaniel and Thomas Redick present the new @castagscience paper on PFAS in agriculture: buff.ly/HH0q39z Download the paper: buff.ly/6viQPK0 #PFAS
Tomorrow at noon ET: our free webinar with the Society for In Vitro Biology on gene editing tools, delivery and applications. Register: buff.ly/IIfZZGM #GeneEditing
ALT SIVB × CAST Webinar: Gene Editing in In Vitro and In Vivo Systems — Tools, Delivery, and Applications. Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2026, noon–1 p.m. ET. Speakers Aaron Hummel, SVP of R&D, Pairwise, and Veerle De Schepper, Head of R&D, Rainbow Crops.
Missed yesterday's session? The recording of Resilience and Security: Building the Capacity to Thrive in a Changing World, Session 3 of @castagscience's The Future of American Agriculture, is now available: buff.ly/UwWAX5p #Agriculture
ALT The Future of American Agriculture, Session 3: Resilience and Security: Building the Capacity to Thrive in a Changing World. Duane Simpson, National Council of Farmer Cooperatives; Jeremy Jack, Silent Shade Planting Company; Michaela McGinn, United Soybean Board.
Featuring Duane Simpson, National Council of Farmer Cooperatives; Jeremy Jack, Silent Shade Planting Company; and Michaela McGinn, United Soybean Board. Host: Chris Boomsma.
Next: Trust and Leadership: Building Confidence in Food and Agriculture, Wed., Oct. 21, noon CT. Featuring Jack Bobo, University of California, Los Angeles Rothman Family Institute for Food Studies; and Julie Borlaug, Borlaug Consulting. Register: buff.ly/2k9r8bp
Complex traits, many genes: Veerle De Schepper of Rainbow Crops on AI-guided multiplex genome editing at our free webinar with the Society for In Vitro Biology. Oct. 20, noon ET. Register: buff.ly/IIfZZGM #CRISPR #AgBiotech
Tomorrow: Resilience and Security: Building the Capacity to Thrive in a Changing World. Session 3 of @castagscience’s The Future of American Agriculture, Wed., Oct. 14, noon CT. Free and open to the public: buff.ly/RjSVdgX #Agriculture
