diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
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--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Type: Package
 Package: tidyUSDA
 Title: A Minimal Tool Set for Gathering USDA Quick Stat Data for Analysis
     and Visualization
-Version: 0.4.0
+Version: 0.4.0.9000
 Authors@R: c(
     person("Brad", "Lindblad", , "me@bradlindblad.com", role = c("aut", "cre")),
     person("Michael", "Thomas", , "mthomas@ketchbrookanalytics.com", role = "ctb"),
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
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--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+# tidyUSDA (development version)
+
 
 # tidyUSDA 0.4.0
 * Added more verbose error messages if your parameters are rejected by the API