The University of Florida and the DSSAT Foundation are sponsoring two special DSSAT sessions during the 2023 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Agronomy-Crop Science Society of America-Soil Science Society of America. The 2023 Annual Meeting is scheduled from October 29 through November 1, 2023 and will be held in St. Louis, MO. The […]
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Apr
15
Apr
[Q] How do you run DSSAT on Linux/Mac OS?
Unfortunately, for Linux/MacOS users, there is no installation for these platforms yet. Most of the tools we use in DSSAT were developed for Windows platform. In this case, you need to install a Virtual Machine in order to run Windows platform. If you are using a MacOS M1/M2 computer chip, please follow the second approach […]
27
Feb
AMEI Development Sprint
This week, the AMEI Development Sprint this week is being hosted at the University of Florida (UF) under the auspices of the collaboration between UF/IFAS and INRAE, the French National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and the Environment. The vision of The Agricultural Model Exchange Initiative (AMEI) is to advance agricultural research through the use […]
17
Dec
DSSAT Advanced Training Course in Ethiopia
“Train the Trainers” DSSAT Graduation Ceremony A strong crop modeling community has developed in Ethiopia during the past several years. Under the auspices of the Community of Practice of the Decision Support Modeling Tools for Ethiopia (DSMT-E), an initial training workshop on crop modeling and DSSAT was held from March 14-18, 2022 at the International […]
15
Sep
25th Annual Open Forum on Crop Modeling and Decision Support Systems
The DSSAT Foundation will be sponsoring the 25th Annual Open Forum on Crop Modeling and Decision Support Systems during this year’s ASA-CSSA-SSSA 2022 International Annual Meeting. The forum is scheduled for Monday night, November 7, 2022, from 7:30 – 9:00 pm in Room 312 of the Baltimore Convention Center in Baltimore, Maryland. The forum is an informal discussion about crop modeling […]
01
Sep
DSSAT 2022 Training Course at S. Seifullin Kazakh Agro Technical University (KATU), Nur Sultan, Kazakhstan
Participants of the DSSAT 2022 Training Course held from August 15-19, 2022, at S. Seifullin Kazakh Agro Technical University (KATU), Nur Sultan, Kazakhstan The project entitled “Development of a decision-making system for the production of the main types of agricultural crops based on the adaptation of the DSSAT model for the growth and development of […]
31
Aug
[Q] How to resolve the XBuild error “… you have a new version of dbgrid32.ocx”?
Question When working with XBuild, I am getting a message: “One of the tools in DSSAT might not work correctly as you have a new version of dbgrid32.ocx in Windows\SysWOW64 or Windows\System32 folder.” How can I resolve this? Answer This error occurs when you have ArcGIS or ERDAS installed on your computer. To resolve this […]
30
Aug
[Q] How to generate daily weather data
Question Can someone tell me how to generate daily weather data from an historical daily meteorological data set using WeatherMan in DSSAT)? Answer In order to generate daily weather data you require climate data as input. WeatherMan has the capability to create the climate data if you import at least 5 to 10 years of […]
16
Aug
[Q] How to add a new Cultivar line in DSSAT?
The steps to add a new cultivar line to DSSAT can be a confusing process if you are new to DSSAT or have never had DSSAT training. We will guide you through this process in the steps below. Step #1: Open the DSSAT Shell as shown in Figure 1. Figure 1 Step #2: Follow the […]
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Jul
Crop Modeling as a Tool for Understanding the Genotype x Environment Interaction
On June 23, 2022, Gerrit Hoogenboom conducted an on-line workshop and seminar entitled “Crop Modeling as a Tool for Understanding the Genotype x Environment Interaction.” The overall goal of the workshop was to introduce the participants of the workshop to the application of dynamic crop simulation models with emphasis on using crop models for understanding […]
