Dear DSSAT Colleagues,

Two weeks ago an unfortunate "fishing" attempt was distributed to the 
DSSAT listserv that raised many questions and concerns. DSSAT does NOT 
require a password to run the software, to access the web site, and for 
any other services. I have added an extra layer of security to the DSSAT 
list that hopefully will resolve distribution of these types of messages 
in the future. Again, my sincere apologies for any inconvenience these 
messages might have caused. Please feel free to contact me in case you 
still have questions or concerns.

Several of you attended the annual meeting of the ASA-CSSA-SSSA last 
week in Salt Lake City, Utah. During the meetings, I gave a presentation 
and overview of the current status of DSSAT. For those of you interested 
in the presentation, it can be viewed on the DSSAT portal at the 
following link: https://dssat.net/about/.

We also hosted the 24th Open Forum on Crop Modeling and Decision Support 
Systems. A copy of the agenda and discussion items is attached.

We are very close to releasing DSSAT Version 4.8 during the next few 
months. This new version will include new crops (teff, quinoa, chia) and 
also the option to use a 4 digit year in the weather file. We have 
evaluated this version of DSSAT in several workshops and it has been 
very stable.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Regards,

Gerrit

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Gerrit Hoogenboom
Preeminent Scholar & Professor
Agricultural and Biological Engineering

184 Frazier Rogers Hall
PO Box 110570
University of Florida
Gainesville, Florida 32611-0570, USA
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