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One week. @nationalcfar Lunch-N-Learn, co-hosted by CAST. Sept. 22, Capitol Hill. Free. Lunch included. Space limited.

Register: https://t.co/5myfoFhHtf

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If you publish ag research: can an AI agent actually use your work? Not read it — use it? For most published science, the answer is no. Cornell's Wiedmann + Qian show you what to do about it.

Tuesday, noon CT. Free. → https://t.co/C2HDe1xDHN #OpenScience #AgTech

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The recording from our AI in agriculture webinar with Dr. Alex Thomasson is now available — precision spray tech, acoustic disease detection, robotic harvesters, and the policy gaps that still need closing.

Watch + download the brief: https://t.co/L5NEqVgwUF

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New paper in Frontiers in AI: FAIR4AG² — making ag research ready for AI agents (Qian et al., Aug. 6, 2026).

@castagscience webinar: Wiedmann + Qian (Cornell) walk through it.
Free. Tuesday, Sept. 22 | noon CT.

→ https://t.co/02La9GyNrt

#AgTech #OpenScience

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Who owns your farm data? It's not settled — and it matters for AI adoption. Listen to the author on the four federal priorities Congress needs to act on now.

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🎙️ LIVE TODAY · Noon CT: https://t.co/xtxveKS75e

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AI in agriculture runs on broadband, data, and trained workers. Rural America doesn't have enough of any of them.

The explains what federal policy needs to fix: https://t.co/QBfjRGVC7V

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🎙️ Webinar Sept. 14 · Noon CT: https://t.co/xtxveKS75e

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Robots are already in the field. The regulations aren't.

Our new policy brief on physical AI in agriculture — and the policy gap that's growing every season.

More: https://t.co/0kWCCYhnc2

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🎙️ Webinar Sept. 14 · Noon CT: https://t.co/xtxveKS75e

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Greg Dahl — 40+ years in weed science, herbicide development, and integrated weed management — is on Capitol Hill Sept. 22 for the @nationalcfar Lunch-N-Learn, co-hosted by CAST.

Register: https://t.co/5myfoFhHtf

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Read the paper 📄 https://t.co/6crpdSA6Jv

🎙️ Webinar Sept. 14 · Noon CT: https://t.co/xtxveKS75e

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AI is already in the cab, in the field, in the irrigation system.

Our new policy brief shows how AI is transforming day-to-day farm management — and why federal policy needs to catch up.

Watch the author explain more:

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Greg Dahl has 40+ years in weed science — and he's speaking at the @nationalcfar Lunch-N-Learn CAST is co-hosting Sept. 22 on Capitol Hill.

Free. In-person. Lunch provided.
📍 1300 Longworth | 12–1 p.m. ET

Register: https://t.co/5myfoFhHtf

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@castscience Join Alex live on September 14 at noon CT — he'll present the full findings and take your questions.

🎙️ Register free: https://t.co/xtxveKS75e

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It's here. @CASTScience releases "AI in Agriculture: Transforming the Food System from Data to Decisions to Action" — peer-reviewed science on what AI means for U.S. farms, food, and federal policy.

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@castscience Watch lead author Alex Thomasson walk through the five key messages of the brief:

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New paper: most ag research isn't structured for AI agents to use. Cornell's Wiedmann + Qian propose FAIR4AG² — a roadmap for fixing that. They'll walk through it Sept. 22, noon CT. Free. → https://t.co/02La9GyNrt #AgTech #OpenScience

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Tom Getts, UC Cooperative Extension weed science advisor, joins the @nationalcfar Lunch-N-Learn on Capitol Hill Sept. 22 — co-hosted by CAST. Free. Lunch included.

Register: https://t.co/5myfoFhHtf

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"Being timely with your scientific information and communicating in a way that's valuable is pretty difficult." — CAST CEO Chris Boomsma on Clearing the Air on Agricultural Policy.

Full episode: https://t.co/f97iedVGGX

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Missed our latest episode? CAST Pulse Ep. 9 — seed oils, the science, and what you should actually do about it. Two experts, one conversation. 🎧 https://t.co/qZRnj066R5 #SeedOils #Nutrition #CAST

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Matt Baur, Director of the Western IPM Center, brings 30+ years in pest management to Capitol Hill on Sept. 22 — @nationalcfar Lunch-N-Learn, co-hosted by CAST.

Register: https://t.co/5myfoFhHtf

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A new pest. An unknown threat. And a network that rose to meet it. 🌱

Scott Graham, Phillip Roberts & Isaac Esquivel share lessons from cotton jassid in the Southeast — the latest in #CASTVoices.

Read → https://t.co/SgGZvkMCTK

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