Andy Castillo - Profile and Journalist Details
Find journalists that align with your industry, location and vision. Unlock Andy Castillo's full journalist profile, including location, coverage topics, current employer, biography and preferences. Sign up today and start building journalist relationships that fuel your startup's growth.
Get connected with journalists today
Andy Castillo
Verified
Equipment and Machinery Editor, Farm Progress
West Springfield
Beats
Biography
Andy Castillo is the health and food feature writer at the Daily Hampshire Gazette in Northampton, Massachusetts. After traveling the world as a writer for GoNOMAD.com Travel, and reporting for The Greenfield Recorder, Andy returned in 2018 to his hometown newspaper, the Daily Hampshire Gazette. He delivered the Gazette for a number of years as a teenager, weathering its delivery transition from an evening to morning newspaper in 2006. Later, he studied English at the University of Massachsuetts Amherst and sharpened his news writing pen at the student-run newspaper The Massachusetts Daily Collegian. Simultaneously, he learned to meet deadlines by producing television newscasts with WWLP 22News. Outside of work, Andy is working to complete a master's degree in creative nonfiction from Bay Path University by 2019, and can usually be found in local pubs or coffee shops.
Consumer Technology , IT
Corporate results, staffing changes, consumer health
Content
By Andy Castillo| Farm Progress Verified The world hit a milestone in 2023: Earth surpassed 8 billion inhabitants. How will they all be fed? Production costs for agriculture are rising, available farmland is shrinking, planting windows are narrower due to volatile weather, and human labor is drying up. Many machinery brands look to robots and autonomy as an answer to both world hunger and farm profits — if farmers see the return on that investment, that is.
By Andy Castillo| Farm Progress Verified Study by National Corn Growers Association will investigate farmers' perceptions and use of drone technology, aiming to inform future policies and product development. Andy Castillo, Editor of Farm Equipment and MachineryGiven their low cost and versatility, ag drones seem like a smart investment. Still, hard data is lacking on the technology’s adoption and success rate in agriculture. But a new study sponsored by the National Corn Growers Association seeks to change that.
By Andy Castillo| Farm Progress Verified China raises levies on U.S. goods to 84%; Trump retaliates with 104% tariff. Andy Castillo, Editor of Farm Equipment and MachineryWith trade tensions ratcheting up, Agco is the latest equipment manufacturer to pause shipments from foreign factories to the United States. Domestically made machines shipped from the United States to other countries that haven’t enacted retaliatory tariffs will continue uninhibited.
Company Info
Farm Progress
Farm Progress is a media company based in the suburban Chicago area, dedicated to serving the agricultural market. Founded in 1841 with the launch of Prairie Farmer, the nation's oldest farm publication, the company has a long history of providing valuable resources to the agricultural community. Over the years, it has grown through various acquisitions and mergers, including its association with ABC Agricultural group. The company offers a variety of services and products tailored to the agricultural industry. It publishes state and regional farm magazines that deliver news, insights, and market analysis to farmers and agricultural professionals. Farm Progress also hosts the annual Farm Progress Show, which showcases the latest agricultural technologies and innovations. Additionally, it provides digital content, including news articles and educational resources, to support farmers, ranchers, and agricultural businesses across the United States.
St. Charles, Illinois, United States
'+1 630-524-4725
Founded: 1841