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About Dan Olmstead

I'm the NEWA Coordinator here at the New York State IPM Program. I work to provide online decision support to growers in NY and across the country for IPM and agricultural best practices.

NEWA 3.0 to complete transition by early October

After four years of intensive planning and development, the New York State IPM Program is pleased to share that NEWA 3.0 will make its final transition to https://newa.cornell.edu from https://dev.newa.cornell.edu on or around October 1. The final steps have involved many months of website beta testing, training, resource development, and behind-the-scenes work. There is no perfect time to make this transition, but the NEWA team is ready to support you.

We know you have many questions and maybe some concerns about making the transition from the old NEWA 2.0 to NEWA 3.0. We have been working very hard to develop training resources to address this need. We recommend that you watch the NEWA Quickstart videos below. You can pause or rewind to walk through each step at your own pace. Please note that a NEWA 3.0 Profile Account is not required, but strongly recommended. You can save settings, biofixes, and more by doing so.

Create a NEWA 3.0 Account (5 minute video)

https://newa.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360054268454

Configure your NEWA 3.0 Dashboard (7 minute video)

https://newa.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360054268354

NEWA 3.0 Dashboard Navigation (9 minute video)

https://newa.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360057357553

Additional model resources

During the month of October, Quickstart Tutorials for every NEWA 3.0 model will be updated to provide a quick overview of navigation and key features. For a complete list visit the Website Support page of our NEWA 3.0 Knowledge Base at https://newa.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/categories/360004574754-Website-Support

Additional Support

Please reach out to support@newa.zendesk.com at any point to ask questions, report a bug, or share ideas/concerns. Myself or a colleague will be in touch with you as soon as possible.

Thanks for your patience and support during this important transition.

Dan Olmstead

Extension Associate and NEWA Coordinator | New York State IPM Program at Cornell University

NEWA 3.0 grape management models are available now

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Updated grape berry moth and grape disease models are available now as part of the NEWA 3.0 online decision support platform. These useful resources, combined with your own user account that saves favorite stations and biofix dates, will make the process of tracking pest and disease risk easier and more efficient.

Watch these videos to quickly get started with NEWA 3.0

Create a NEWA account (5 min)
Configure your NEWA dashboard (7 min)
NEWA dashboard navigation (9 min)

Then watch these videos to familiarize yourself with the updated grape management models

How to use the NEWA grape berry moth model (13 min)
How to use the NEWA grape diseases model (16 min)

Help us out by reporting bugs and problems

NEWA 3.0 is still in beta testing mode and we need your help to crowdsource final issues and bugs that the development team may have missed.

Contact the NEWA Help Desk if you have any problems, have questions or (especially) if you find a bug or glitch. Do this by sending an email to support@newa.zendesk.com with abundant details, screenshots, and other information that might be helpful for a quick resolution.

NEWA is part of the New York State IPM Program and Cornell Cooperative Extension at Cornell University. NYSIPM partners closely with the Northeast Regional Climate Center to make NEWA available to growers in member states nationwide.