From August 24 to 28, 2026, the DSSAT Foundation, the University of Florida, and the Republic of Korea’s Rural Development Administration (RDA) co-hosted a week-long training program on the Decision Support System for Agrotechnology Transfer (DSSAT) at the Rural Human Resource Development Center in Jeonju. The workshop, “Assessing Crop Production, Water and Nutrient Management, Climatic […]
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Aug
25th Hybrid DSSAT Development Sprint at IFDC Advances DSSAT 4.8.6 and Next-Generation Modeling Tools
The 25th DSSAT Development Sprint, held from August 10–14, 2026, at the International Fertilizer Development Center (IFDC) in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, brought together an international community of crop modelers, software developers, and agricultural scientists for five days of intensive collaborative development. Hosted by IFDC as a hybrid meeting, the Sprint combined in-person working sessions with virtual participation from researchers […]
13
Aug
New DSSAT Version 4.8.6 Released
The DSSAT model development team has been working hard to enhance the Cropping System Model (CSM) and the DSSAT suite of tools, utilities, and applications. After remarkable progress and bi-annual Development Sprints, we are thrilled to announce the latest advancements. Major Updates in DSSAT Version 4.8.6: The July 2026 release introduces new tools, crop models, and […]
12
Aug
New Open Access Chapters on Pest/Disease Modeling and Modeling of Nutrient Cycles
Recently two chapters published in the book “Advances in Crop Modeling for a Sustainable Agriculture“, edited by Professor Ken Boote, have recently become available through Open Access. The first chapter is entitled “Improving modeling of nutrient cycles in crop cultivation” by Upendra Singh and Cheryl Porter. This chapter can be obtained from the following link […]
