From 311e79f68a763afa2cfcaaf2e4fd38398fda3226 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: eloch216 <48919455+eloch216@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2026 13:58:31 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Release v0.4.0

---
 DESCRIPTION |  2 +-
 NEWS.md     | 12 ++++++------
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index f2c3448..6e23259 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Package: BioCroField
-Version: 0.3.0-1
+Version: 0.4.0
 Title: Tools for BioCro Field Data
 Description: A collection of tools for processing field data related to BioCro
     crop growth simulations.
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index af5bf0a..eb3b5f6 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ major.minor.patch structure of semantic versioning. When applicable, entries
 should include direct links to the relevant pull requests.
 
 Then, when a new release is made, "# Unreleased" should be replaced by a heading
-with the new version number, such as "# CHANGES IN BioCroField VERSION 2.0.0."
+with the new version number, such as "# BioCroField version 2.0.0."
 This section will combine all of the release notes from all of the pull requests
 merged in since the previous release.
 
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Subsequent commits will then include a new "Unreleased" section in preparation
 for the next release.
 -->
 
-# UNRELEASED
+# BioCroField version 0.4.0
 
 - It is now possible to specify extra columns to be returned in the output from
   `biomass_table`.
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ for the next release.
 - Values of partitioned leaf mass can be set to `NA` when creating a
   `harvest_point`, which is treated as if the leaf mass had not been provided.
 
-# BioCroField VERSION 0.3.0
+# BioCroField version 0.3.0
 
 - LMA is now included in the output from `biomass_table`.
 - New crop-specific guides to harvesting and weighing are now available, along
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ for the next release.
 - A new vignette has been added (`images_from_the_field`) that illustrates
   parts of the harvesting and weighing process using pictures from the field.
 
-# BioCroField VERSION 0.2.0
+# BioCroField version 0.2.0
 
 - Two new methods for estimating LAI were added to `process`:
   `LAI_from_planting_density` and `LAI_from_measured_population`. The original
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ for the next release.
   - https://github.com/biocro/BioCroField/pull/4
   - https://github.com/biocro/BioCroField/pull/5
 
-# BioCroField VERSION 0.1.1
+# BioCroField version 0.1.1
 
 - A bug related to partial name matching for partitioning components was
   detected and fixed. In short, if a value of `leaf` mass was not supplied but
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ for the next release.
 - PRs related to creating this version:
   - https://github.com/biocro/BioCroField/pull/2
 
-# BioCroField VERSION 0.1.0
+# BioCroField version 0.1.0
 
 - This is the first version of BioCroField. At this point, the package is in a
   state of rapid development, and not all changes will be described here.