Event Details

10:00AM - 10:30 AM-  Overview of NEWA. Accessing NEWA Home Page, Station Pages and Weather Station information. Participants will be provided a firsthand look at how to navigate the internet to access the NEWA home page as well as the first level of resources found on the site.

10:30 -11:00 AM- Accessing weather and pest model information using the NEWA website. Through real-time navigation of the NEWA website, participants will come to understand how to find the weather and pest information that is important to them as growers.

11:00 -Noon- Developing and implementing an IPM strategy using the weather and pest model information found on NEWA. Using the web site, and the information developed in the first hour of the program, participants will be lead in a discussion of real world examples of how the weather and pest model information obtained from the NEWA website can be used in determining the need for a particular pest management strategy as well as how to best time the application when needed.