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 -- Gerrit Hoogenboom Preeminent Scholar & Professor Agricultural and Biological Engineering 184 Frazier Rogers Hall PO Box 110570 University of Florida Gainesville, Florida 32611-0570, USA +1 352-294-1036; Fax: +1 352-392-4092 [log in to unmask] www.GerritHoogenboom.com