During the week of July 25 a small group of developers met at the 
University of Florida for 5th DSSAT Development Sprint. Some exciting 
new developments include a forage module for the simulation of perennial 
grasses, an expanded "automated irrigation" option that allows for stage 
specific irrigation, the evaluation of combining C++ and Fortran code to 
facilitate dynamic linkages with pest, disease, and grazing models, and 
various other improvements. We expect to incorporate some of these 
changes in the next release of DSSAT.

If you think that you have the skills to contribute to these activities 
and would like to participate in upcoming DSSAT Development Sprints, 
please let me know.

Thank you for your interest and support!

Gerrit


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Gerrit Hoogenboom
Preeminent Scholar, Institute for Sustainable Food Systems
Professor, Agricultural and Biological Engineering

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