Posted: 14 October, 2009

• 13th ICASA Open Forum during the ASA-CSSA-SSSA 2009 Annual Meetings **new
  Monday, November 2, 2009, 7:30-9:00 PM. Room 312, Third Floor, Convention Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. Learn about initiatives related to simulation modeling in agriculture, including the latest on meetings, initiatives such as iPlant, and software news.

Posted: 21 September, 2009

• Improved sharing of data and tools **new
  A central theme of ICASA is that we can enhance research through improved sharing of data and tools. The September 10. 2009 issue of Nature has an editorial and three papers on data sharing.

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Posted: 21 May, 2009

• Predicting crop outcomes **new
  Top agricultural scientists from across the United States met in Georgia this month to discuss ways to help farmers increase profits, optimize yields, decrease inputs and manage crops based on local weather and soil conditions.

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Posted: 5 February, 2009

• Ag Systems Modeling Award
  For the past few years, Dr. Ahuja has endowed the Ag Systems Modeling Award through the Soil Science Society of America for early career scientists. Starting this year, the award is open to all scientists. For further information, please check the following web site the society's website
  

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Posted: 23 December 2008

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  DSSAT Version 4.5
  The DSSAT development team met at the University of Hawaii from December 8 through 12, 2008 for final testing and evaluation of the upcoming release of DSSAT V4.5.

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Posted: 25 November, 2008

• The ICASA Forum
  The ICASA Forum and Discussion Site has moved to Google Groups. Please visit us at http://groups.google.com/group/ICASA and post a message.

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Posted: 14 November, 2008

• 12^th ICASA Open Forum Minutes
  Minutes from The Twelfth ICASA Open Forum on Crop Modeling and Decision Support Systems are available.

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Posted: 14 November, 2008

• 40 Years Theory and Model at Wageningen UR
  On the occation of the 40th anniversary of the inugural address of C.T. De Wit in 1968.
  

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Posted: 24 April, 2008

• Compendium on methods and tools to evaluate impacts of, vulnerability and adaption to, climate change
  DSSAT has been included as one of the sector-specific tools for agriculture by the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.
  

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Posted: 30 Oct. 2007

• Food & Climate: A Complicated but Optimistic View
  Listen to this story with Cynthia Rosenzweig ... by Dan Charles, National Public Radio
  

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Posted: 5 June 2007

• WISE Database for Crop Simulation Models
  The WISE Database for Crop Simulation Models are available for download from ICASA Tools.

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Posted: 17 May 2007

• Attachai Jintrawet Appointed As New Chair
  On April 1, 2007, Dr. Attachai Jintrawet, Associate Professor in the Department of Soil Science and Conservation at Chiang Mai University, was appointed as Coordination Research chair of the CDN of the Thailand Research Fund (TRF). Jintrawet is a member of the Board of ICASA.

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Posted: 19 March 2007

• Modelling Tools and Agricultural Decision-making
  A workshop, entitled "Modelling tools and agricultural decision-making" be held in Valladolid, Spain, 27-29 June 2007, the workshop is an outcome of the EU-funded project AGRIDEMA.

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Posted: 26 September 2006

• ICASA Data Standards Update
  An update of the ICASA data standards has been completed, and a description of the updated standards, together with example ASCII files, has been posted.

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Posted: 5 September 2006

• In Memory of W. McNair Bostick III
  The Agricultural and Biological Engineering Department of the University of Florida is deeply saddened by the loss of one of our wonderful graduate students, McNair Bostick, who passed away on August 28, 2006 as the result of a tragic accident.

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Posted: 03 June 2006

• DSSAT Crop Modeling Program Growing Popular Worldwide
  It will never be as popular as Grand Theft Auto or The Sims. But among the world's agricultural scientists, increasing numbers are requesting the latest version of DSSAT (Decision Support System for Agrotechnology Transfer) software, a crop-modeling computer program.

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Posted: 10 May 2006

• James W. Jones is a 2006 Malone Award Winner
  Jones serves a principal investigator of the SM CRSP’s carbon sequestration project at the University of Florida in Gainesville.

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Posted: 27 April 2006

• DSSAT Version 4.0.2.0 Release
  The DSSAT development team announces the release of DSSAT v4.0.2.0, which is an update of DSSAT v4.0. Current DSSAT v4.0 owners can download this update from the ICASA web page at http://168.29.150.63:81/. This version of DSSAT includes a new cotton model as well as the spatial application tool AEGIS/WIN that was available earlier under DSSAT v3.5. DSSAT v4.0.2.0 also includes many code improvements as well as fixes for bugs that were discovered since the release of DSSAT v4.0 in 2004.

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Posted: 7 February 2006

• Workshop Summary
  Read the proceeding from the DSSAT Training Workshop at The Institute of Agriculture and Animal Sciences (IAAS), Tribhuvan University.

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Posted: 1 February 2006

• AFRC2 Winter Wheat Model
  The AFRC2 winter wheat (AFRCWHEAT2) model is available for download from ICASA Tools.

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Posted: 27 January 2006

• IMPACT User's Manual
  The Integrated Modelling Platform for Mixed Animal-Crop Systems (IMPACT) User's Manual is available to download from ICASA Tools.

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Posted: 19 January 2006

• 9^th ICASA Open Forum Minutes
  Minutes from The Ninth ICASA Open Forum on Crop Modeling and Decision Support Systems are available.

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Posted: 6 December 2005

• ICASA Data Standards Survey Results
  You can now read the results of the Data Standards survey in html and pdf formats.

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Posted: 23 May 2005

• DSSAT Registration Form
  The DSSAT registration form is available for download for people who recently purchased DSSAT.

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Posted: 2 June 2004

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  Computer Software Program
  Grows Cyber Crops
  A team of scientists has created a computer program that can model an entire crop cycle, from planting to harvesting, in just seconds.