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Yi-Chia Chang from University of Illinois is using machine learning and satellite imagery to improve crop mapping, helping address food security challenges worldwide. Read more: buff.ly/pRSmRBb #AgTech #PlantScience #CropMapping

Yi-Chia Chang from <a href="/UofIllinois/">University of Illinois</a> is using machine learning and satellite imagery to improve crop mapping, helping address food security challenges worldwide.

Read more: buff.ly/pRSmRBb

#AgTech #PlantScience #CropMapping
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🚀🌱 AI is revolutionizing plant and animal science! Join SIVB & CAST for our special webinar on April 16 at 12 PM EST. Discover groundbreaking applications of AI in omics, phenotyping, and nutrition modeling. Register now! 👉 buff.ly/2bJa350 #AI #Ag

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New Penn State research uncovers how plant aromas influence the evolution of picky eaters in butterflies and moths! Discover how scent drives their diet choices and evolutionary adaptations. Read more here: buff.ly/C6TSC7j #Butterflies #Evolution #PlantAromas

New <a href="/penn_state/">Penn State</a> research uncovers how plant aromas influence the evolution of picky eaters in butterflies and moths! Discover how scent drives their diet choices and evolutionary adaptations. Read more here: buff.ly/C6TSC7j  
#Butterflies #Evolution #PlantAromas
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Thank you to everyone who joined our webinar on AI-powered breakthroughs in plant and animal research! Special thanks to our speakers, Seth Murray, Luis Tedeschi, and moderator Deepika Chauhan, for their insights. Missed it? Watch the replay on YouTube: buff.ly/C9rUKdC

Thank you to everyone who joined our webinar on AI-powered breakthroughs in plant and animal research! Special thanks to our speakers, Seth Murray, Luis Tedeschi, and moderator Deepika Chauhan, for their insights.

Missed it? Watch the replay on YouTube: buff.ly/C9rUKdC
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🌱 A self-learning AI from University of Illinois could revolutionize crop breeding—faster, smarter, and with less data. See how it’s transforming agriculture! 🔗 Read more: buff.ly/VNmPH3l #AgTech #AiInAg #PlantScience

🌱 A self-learning AI from <a href="/UofIllinois/">University of Illinois</a> could revolutionize crop breeding—faster, smarter, and with less data. See how it’s transforming agriculture! 

🔗 Read more: buff.ly/VNmPH3l 
 #AgTech #AiInAg #PlantScience
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🍎 Penn State researchers unlock apple genome secrets to breed tastier, hardier apples 🍏💪—60 million years of evolution decoded! 🔬 Read more: buff.ly/GWMXZ4b #PennState #AppleResearch #Genomics #FoodFuture

🍎 <a href="/penn_state/">Penn State</a> researchers unlock apple genome secrets to breed tastier, hardier apples 🍏💪—60 million years of evolution decoded! 

🔬 Read more: buff.ly/GWMXZ4b  
 #PennState #AppleResearch #Genomics #FoodFuture
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🌿 Cornell University researchers crack a 100-year mystery—plants use pressure to send stress signals! This could lead to two-way communication between plants and farmers.🌾💧 🔗 Read more: buff.ly/DlfvkEn #Cornell #PlantScience #AgTech #CROPPS

🌿 <a href="/Cornell/">Cornell University</a> researchers crack a 100-year mystery—plants use pressure to send stress signals! This could lead to two-way communication between plants and farmers.🌾💧  

🔗 Read more: buff.ly/DlfvkEn  
 #Cornell #PlantScience #AgTech #CROPPS
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Did you know packaging can affect bacon’s color and consumer appeal? 🥓 Iowa State University researchers dive into how different packaging methods impact bacon’s freshness and shelf-life. Check out the full findings here: buff.ly/wO4RZPl #FoodScience #PackagingMatters #IowaState

Did you know packaging can affect bacon’s color and consumer appeal? 🥓 <a href="/IowaStateU/">Iowa State University</a> researchers dive into how different packaging methods impact bacon’s freshness and shelf-life. Check out the full findings here: buff.ly/wO4RZPl  
#FoodScience #PackagingMatters #IowaState
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Discover the impact of different feeding methods on baby pigs' growth and behavior in a University of Illinois study! The results could revolutionize agricultural practices and biomedical research. Read the full article here: buff.ly/iuctdmm #AnimalScience #AgResearch

Discover the impact of different feeding methods on baby pigs' growth and behavior in a <a href="/UofIllinois/">University of Illinois</a> study! The results could revolutionize agricultural practices and biomedical research. Read the full article here: buff.ly/iuctdmm 
#AnimalScience #AgResearch
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Texas A&M Texas A&M AgriLife scientists use spinach peptides to fight citrus and potato diseases—boosting yields and crop resilience. A natural breakthrough with big potential for agriculture. Read more: buff.ly/ggLhG8T #AgResearch #PlantScience #FarmTech #FoodSecurity

Texas A&amp;M <a href="/AgriLife/">Texas A&M AgriLife</a> scientists use spinach peptides to fight citrus and potato diseases—boosting yields and crop resilience. A natural breakthrough with big potential for agriculture. Read more: buff.ly/ggLhG8T 
#AgResearch #PlantScience #FarmTech #FoodSecurity
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🚨 We're hiring a Publications Assistant Intern! 💼 $14/hour | 🕒 15–20 hrs/week 📍 Remote or hybrid | 🚀 Start ASAP Get hands-on experience with science-based publishing at a national nonprofit. Apply now → buff.ly/Kt9dACp #Internship #CAST #ScienceThatFeedsTomorrow

🚨 We're hiring a Publications Assistant Intern!

💼 $14/hour | 🕒 15–20 hrs/week
📍 Remote or hybrid | 🚀 Start ASAP

Get hands-on experience with science-based publishing at a national nonprofit.
Apply now → buff.ly/Kt9dACp 

#Internship #CAST #ScienceThatFeedsTomorrow
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WSU scientists found a low cost way to turn corn waste into sugar for biofuels — with zero waste and big potential for clean energy. Read more: buff.ly/FgjqahE #Biofuels #WSU #AgTech #Sustainability

WSU scientists found a low cost way to turn corn waste into sugar for biofuels — with zero waste and big potential for clean energy.
Read more: buff.ly/FgjqahE 
#Biofuels #WSU #AgTech #Sustainability
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👏 Big congratulations to Dr. Mariangela Hungria, from Brazil's Embrapa — named the 2025 #WorldFoodPrize Laureate! Her research on nitrogen-fixing bacteria transformed Brazil’s agriculture. 🔗 buff.ly/w9AuOVe #Sustainability #AgScience #GlobalAg

👏 Big congratulations to Dr. Mariangela Hungria, from Brazil's <a href="/embrapa/">Embrapa</a> — named the 2025 #WorldFoodPrize Laureate!

Her research on nitrogen-fixing bacteria transformed Brazil’s agriculture.

🔗 buff.ly/w9AuOVe

#Sustainability #AgScience #GlobalAg
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Optimizing rice lab milling boosts yield, improves quality, and increases profits for farmers. New research from Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station highlights better methods to reduce broken kernels and enhance rice processing. #RiceResearch #FoodScience #ArkansasAg

Optimizing rice lab milling boosts yield, improves quality, and increases profits for farmers. New research from <a href="/ArkAgResearch/">Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station</a> highlights better methods to reduce broken kernels and enhance rice processing. #RiceResearch #FoodScience #ArkansasAg
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Big news from CAST! 🎉 Kaylee Kleitsch has been promoted to Programs and Engagement Manager! She joined us in 2024 while earning her master’s in Sustainable Ag at Iowa State, and now she will lead student programs, engagement, and more. Congrats! 👏 #TeamCAST #WomenInAg

Big news from CAST! 🎉

Kaylee Kleitsch has been promoted to Programs and Engagement Manager! She joined us in 2024 while earning her master’s in Sustainable Ag at <a href="/iastate/">Iowa State</a>, and now she will lead student programs, engagement, and more.

Congrats! 👏

#TeamCAST #WomenInAg
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🚨 Free Webinar: Global Crop Protection Challenges for Specialty Crops Join CAST and Minor Use Foundation on Thursday, July 24, 12 PM Noon CDT for a live webinar exploring the most pressing threats to fruits, vegetables, herbs, and other high-value crops. buff.ly/7qkLDmu

🚨 Free Webinar: Global Crop Protection Challenges for Specialty Crops

Join CAST and <a href="/MinorUseFndn/">Minor Use Foundation</a>  on Thursday, July 24, 12 PM Noon CDT for a live webinar exploring the most pressing threats to fruits, vegetables, herbs, and other high-value crops.

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Thrilled to welcome Jennifer Holliday as our new Publications Assistant! She'll be crucial in supporting our scholarly publications by working with experts and ensuring clarity and accuracy. Welcome, Jennifer!

Thrilled to welcome Jennifer Holliday as our new Publications Assistant! She'll be crucial in supporting our scholarly publications by working with experts and ensuring clarity and accuracy. Welcome, Jennifer!
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Excited to introduce Heidi Schouten as the 2025 CERSA Summer Intern at CAST! She'll enhance science communication in regulatory affairs by creating resources, engaging stakeholders, and expanding CAST's impact. Welcome, Heidi! #ScienceCommunication #RegulatoryAffairs

Excited to introduce Heidi Schouten as the 2025 CERSA Summer Intern at CAST! She'll enhance science communication in regulatory affairs by creating resources, engaging stakeholders, and expanding CAST's impact. 

Welcome, Heidi! 

#ScienceCommunication #RegulatoryAffairs
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Join our exclusive 'Meet the Expert' with Matt Baur, Head of Western IPM Center, on July 31, Noon (CST). Discover his career, research, and the role of IPM in managing invasive weeds and wildfires. Follow us to watch it: buff.ly/mOeeIMi Learn More: buff.ly/OK2EO9F

Join our exclusive 'Meet the Expert' with Matt Baur, Head of <a href="/IPMWest/">Western IPM Center</a>, on July 31, Noon (CST). Discover his career, research, and the role of IPM in managing invasive weeds and wildfires. 

Follow us to watch it: buff.ly/mOeeIMi 

Learn More: buff.ly/OK2EO9F
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🎥 Missed our webinar on "Top Global Challenges in Specialty Crop Protection"? Catch up on expert insights from the Minor Use Foundation’s 2025 Global Priority Setting Process. Watch the full recording now! 🌍🌱 #CropProtection #WebinarReplay buff.ly/VluTng1