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Missed today's harmful algal blooms webinar? Watch the authors walk through bloom drivers, toxins, farm impacts and control options, plus audience Q&A: https://t.co/2DpMJckyzx #HABs #AgScience

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Algal toxins don't stay in the lake. They can reach livestock water, irrigated crops and fish ponds. The authors of a new @castagscience paper explain how, and what to do, in a free webinar Thursday, Nov. 12, noon CT: https://t.co/3yIqHS2bQ4 #HABs #AgScience

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Eggs went from heart-health villain to an FDA-labeled "healthy" food. In #CASTVoices, Elycia VanVacter (@IowaEggCouncil, @NCentralPoultry) traces how research and outreach rebuilt the egg's reputation 🥚 https://t.co/JovGa75Pcj

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@aaas Students: an RMF/AAAS poster competition runs alongside the lecture, with $300 and $150 prizes. Details: https://t.co/KdeKNaNITo

Presented by @AAAS, the C.V. Riley Memorial Foundation and @WorldFoodPrize, with support from CAST.

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Soil is a frontier of discovery and also a shrinking resource. 🌱

Dr. Jo Handelsman delivers the 17th @AAAS Charles Valentine Riley Memorial Lecture on Nov. 19, 5–6:30 p.m. ET, in Washington, DC, and online. Free: https://t.co/SpuGofMGi3

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@aaas Earlier that day (2:30–4 p.m. ET, in person), CAST CEO Chris Boomsma joins the Policy Roundtable on what agriculture needs to advance as a long-term national priority for resilience, productivity, profitability and security.

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Our CEO Chris Boomsma joined the AgriNovus Indiana Agbioscience Podcast @agrinovusin to talk peer review, public trust and protecting scientific discovery in agriculture.

Listen: https://t.co/C3oWZzao74

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New from CAST Voices, our series sharing diverse perspectives from across agriculture: @jcniyomugabo of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln argues AI on farms pays off only if farmers trust it.

https://t.co/A2fUdcjenK

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Thank you to @Bayer4CropsUS for hosting, and to @BASFCorporation, @cortevaUS, @SyngentaUS and Vylor for supporting the 2026 CAST Annual Meeting & Student Innovation Conference. 🌱

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That's a wrap on #CASTAnnualMeeting 2026. Please welcome Melissa Merlau Johnson of Corteva Agriscience as CAST's new president, succeeding P.V. Vara Prasad. Thank you, Vara!

https://t.co/mRpagkqoF3

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Over three days in St. Louis, 13 students from six universities presented their research, two leaders received the 2026 CAST President's Award, and attendees toured Bayer's Chesterfield campus, the Saint Louis Zoo and the Anheuser-Busch Brewery.

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Day two of #CASTAnnualMeeting: campus tour at @Bayer4CropsUS, the 2026 CAST President's Award for SAC Chair Ray Starling, Suraksha Baral's six lessons for communicating ag science, the Saint Louis Zoo and the Anheuser-Busch Clydesdales 🐴

https://t.co/y8KICZCUOR

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Congratulations to Dr. David Baltensperger of Texas A&M University and Ray Starling, chair of the CAST Strategic Advisory Council, recipients of the 2026 CAST President's Award for outstanding leadership and dedicated service to CAST's mission. https://t.co/exQJBk4S6L

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@DanforthCenter @SoyCheckoff Thank you to our host @Bayer4CropsUS and supporters @BASFCorporation, @cortevaUS, @SyngentaUS and Vylor.

Read more: https://t.co/eKqV0a4CNW

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Night one of the 2026 CAST Annual Meeting & Student Innovation Conference is in the books. At Grant's Farm in St. Louis, 13 students presented their research. Congratulations to our poster winners:

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@DanforthCenter @SoyCheckoff CAST President P.V. Vara Prasad presented the 2026 CAST President's Award to David Baltensperger of Texas A&M University. Suraksha Baral of Ohio State received her CAST Science Communication Scholarship trophy.

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@Bayer4CropsUS @DanforthCenter @SoyCheckoff Thank you to our host @Bayer4CropsUS and to our conference supporters @BASFCorporation, @cortevaUS, @SyngentaUS and Vylor for making this meeting possible.

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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.

https://t.co/jHdxbHbV3U

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@Bayer4CropsUS The evening also features a keynote by Giles Oldroyd of @DanforthCenter and a conversation with Courtney Knupp of the United Soybean Board (@SoyCheckoff).