cropforge 0.4.0

Open-source, code-first virtual farm runtime for agricultural researchers.

CropForge

Open-source, code-first virtual farm runtime for agricultural researchers.

CropForge lets you define a crop simulation entirely in Python. You write the model equations; CropForge handles time-stepping, spatial state management, logging, and visual playback.

What's New in v0.4.0

• Plugin Ecosystem: Extensible architecture allowing third-party researchers to publish and install custom crop models (e.g., cropforge-wheat) via PyPI.
• Multi-Season Rotations: Preserve soil state, moisture, and nitrogen between consecutive simulation runs on the same field to study long-term soil health and crop rotations.
• Compare Dashboard: Visually compare multiple farm configurations on the same time-series chart and export session data directly to CSV.
• Spatial Hydrology: D8 lateral surface water routing across gridded fields based on elevation.

What's New in v0.2.0

• Opt-In Physics: Built-in, mathematically verified FAO-56 Penman-Monteith ET0 resolution and Root Impedance models. Enabled via the @farm.use_physics(et0=True, root_impedance=True) decorator.
• Multi-Field Dashboard: Compare divergent physical environments and scenarios (GxE) directly in the UI with a new Field Selector Dropdown, filtering Heatmaps, 3D viewport, and Inspector panels per-field, while retaining a unified Time-Series comparative view.

pip install cropforge

See examples/wheat_basic.py for a minimal working simulation.

Licence

MIT — Saswat Sundar Rath, ICAR-IARI Jharkhand, 2026