The following links include a short video overview on Network for Environment and Weather Applications (NEWA) user-profile set-up and dashboard navigation.
- User Profile Set-Up (3-min)
- Dashboard Navigation (3-min)
Creating a NEWA user profile allows users to pre-select specific weather station(s) and IPM model(s) that will be displayed on their dashboard, or home screen. Each time a user logs in, they will have immediate access to the weather stations and IPM models they initially select. Watch the Dashboard Navigation video overview for a walkthrough on what a user will see when logged in.
Adding Key Dates for Modeling
NEWA weather station owners can add specific dates, e.g., green tip, bloom, petal fall, biofix, to their user profile for IPM modeling purposes. Many insect and disease models use phenology, or plant stage of growth, as a “starting point” for counting degree days, therefore, including these dates are important for accurate modeling.
There are currently 94 active NEWA Weather Stations located in WI:
- Antigo
- Arlington
- Arthur
- Ashland
- Babcock
- Bailey’s Harbour
- Belgium
- Belmont
- Black Creek
- Black River Falls
- Boscobel
- Brighton
- Brillion
- Bristol
- Brooklyn
- Burlington
- Chippewa Falls
- Clear Lake
- Cold Spring
- Colgate
- Crandon
- Cutler
- De Pere
- Durand
- Eau Claire
- Egg Harbour
- Fairchild
- Fond Du Lac
- Fort Atkinson
- Galesville
- Gays Mills
- Grafton
- Green Bay
- Greenwood
- Hancock
- Hayward
- Iola
- Iron Mountain
- Kenosha
- Kewaskum
- Kewaunee
- Knight
- La Crosse
- La Farge
- Lancaster
- Lone Rock
- Luxemburg
- Madison
- Malone
- Manitowish Waters
- Maple
- Marshfield
- Mauston
- Mequon
- Milwaukee
- Montana
- Montello
- Mt. Horeb
- Nasewaupee
- New Berlin
- Oshkosh
- PARS (Sturgeon Bay)
- Plymouth
- Plover
- Port Washington
- Porter
- Prairie Du Sac
- Racine
- Rhinelander
- Richland Center
- Ripon
- Rochester
- Sheboygan
- Sister Bay
- Soldiers Grove
- South Milwaukee
- Southern Door County
- Spooner
- Spring Valley
- Suring
- Trempealeau
- Valders
- Verona
- Wabasha
- Walworth
- Warrens
- Waupaca
- Wausau
- West Jacksonport
- Wisconsin Rapids
- Wittenburg
- Woodruff
- Woodville
- Yorksville
NEWA IPM Models
| Pest Name | NEWA Hyperlink | NEWA Summary | NEWA Video Overview |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apple Scab | Apple Scab NEWA | Manage apple scab (Venturia inaequalis) fungicide inputs by tracking ascospore maturity, daily and cumulative ascospore discharge, and scab infection events. | Apple Scab Video |
| Fire Blight | Fire Blight NEWA | Assess fire blight (Erwinia amylovora) blossom blight risk with Cougarblight and infection potential (EIP) assessments. Add your recent streptomycin application date to re-evaluate risk. A trauma blight tool helps track shoot blight symptom development. | Fire Blight Video |
| Sooty Blotch and Flyspeck | Sooty Blotch and Flyspeck NEWA | Track sooty blotch and fly speck disease potential to assess daily and forecasted infection risk. | Sooty Blotch and Flyspeck Video |
| Apple Maggot | Apple Maggot NEWA | This degree day model tracks base 50° F BE degree days to time red sphere trap deployment to manage apple maggot (Rhagoletis pomonella). | Apple Maggot Video |
| Codling Moth | Codling Moth NEWA | This tool predicts codling moth (Cydia pomonella) life stages with base 50° F BE degree days to identify treatment windows with management guidelines. | Codling Moth Video |
| Obliquebanded Leafroller | Obliquebanded Leafroller NEWA | Using base 43° F BE degree days, this tool delineates obliquebanded leafroller (Choristoneura rosaceana) development, sampling strategies, and management guidelines | Obliquebanded Leafroller Video |
| Oriental Fruit Moth | Oriental Fruit Moth NEWA | This degree day tool (base 45° F BE) tracks oriental fruit moth (Grapholita molesta) development across three generations, identifies treatment windows, and provides management information. | Oriental Fruit Moth Video |
| Plum Curculio | Plum Curculio NEWA | This tool uses base 50° F BE degree days to estimate the emigration of plum curculio (Conotrachelus nenuphar) into the apple orchard following petal fall, the need for treatment and when treatment can cease. | Plum Curculio Video |
| San Jose Scale | San Jose Scale NEWA | Follow San Jose scale (Comstockaspis perniciosus) development using base 50° F BE degree days to identify treatment windows along with management guidelines. | San Jose Scale Video |
| Spotted Tentiform Leafminer | Spotted Tentiform Leafminer NEWA | Using base 43°F BE degree days, this tool tracks spotted tentiform leafminer (Phyllonorycter blancardella) development, suggests when to hang pheromone traps and scout for leaf mines, as well as identifies treatment windows and provides management information. | Spotted Tentiform Leafminer Video |
| Apple Carbohydrate Thinning Model | Apple Carbohydrate Thinning Model NEWA | By predicting photosynthesis and carbohydrate assimilation in your trees, this tool takes the guesswork out of fruit thinning apples and suggests thinner rates based on tree carbohydrate balance. | Apple Carbohydrate Thinning Model Video |
| Apple Pollen Tube Growth Model | Apple Pollen Tube Growth Model NEWA | Accurately time apple blossom thinning using this tool that predicts pollen tube growth and king blossom pollination, based on your measured stylet lengths and the model’s calculated pollen tube growth rates. | Pollen Growth Tube Model Video |
| Apple Irrigation | Apple Irrigation Model NEWA | Optimize water use in your irrigation system with the apple irrigation tool, based on orchard density, age, recorded precipitation and supplemental irrigation inputs. | Apple Irrigation Model Video |
| Blueberry Maggot | Blueberry Maggot NEWA | Optimize monitoring for blueberry maggot (Rhagoletis mendax) with this base 50°F BE degree day tool that predicts adult emergence and enhances your ability to use IPM to determine if insecticide treatments are needed. | Blueberry Maggot Video |
| Strawberry Diseases | Strawberry Diseases Model NEWA | Optimize fungicide applications for strawberry fruit rot diseases. The tool predicts the optimal timing of fungicide applications for Anthracnose and Grey Mold based on temperature and rainfall. The model can be used from bloom through harvest in Day-neutral and June-bearing plantings of strawberries. | Strawberry Diseases Video |
| Grape Cold Hardiness | Grape Cold Hardiness NEWA | Use with caution. This model is for demonstration and testing purposes . Check with your local extension or university specialist before making management decisions.Updated 1/9/2025. | |
| Grape Diseases | Grape Diseases NEWA | Manage grape diseases with infection risk tools that also provide management guidelines for black rot (Guignardia bidwellii), Phomopsis cane and leaf spot (Phomopsis viticola), and powdery mildew (Erysiphe necator). | Grape Diseases Video |
| Grape Berry Moth | Grape Berry Moth NEWA | This degree day tool estimates development of grape berry moth (Parolobesia viteana) generations, identifies treatment windows, and provides management guidelines. | Grape Berry Moth Video |
| Spotted Lanternfly | Spotted Lanternfly NEWA | Track the development of spotted lanternfly (Lycorma delicatula) from date of first egg mass detection in the fall, through overwintering periods and immature phases, to adult emergence in the next year. | Spotted Lanternfly Video |
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