Press Room

Spread the word about NEWA.

Promotional Materials

Download our brochures and handouts to promote NEWA in your region.

• NEWA – Weather Information You Can Use. Tri-fold brochure. (pdf)
• Connect to NEWA. Meeting handout. (pdf)
• Weather Station Buying Guide. Meeting handout. (pdf)

Slide Decks

Download slide decks to use in your presentations about NEWA.

• A generic slide deck and promotional banner images for use in NEWA presentations. (ppt)

Podcasts & YouTube

Learn more about NEWA’s impact, tools, and weather stations on YouTube.

• Grape Berry Moth Scouting and NEWA. LERGP Podcast #76. 2018. Tim Weigle. Cornell Univ and Penn State Univ.
• Dan Olmstead on NEWA. LERGP Podcast #64. 2018. Tim Weigle. Cornell Univ and Penn State Univ.
• Do You NEWA? LERGP Podcast #62. 2018. Tim Weigle. Cornell Univ and Penn State Univ.
• NEWA Weather Station Install. LERGP Podcast #50. 2018. Scott Ebert and Tim Weigle. Cornell Univ and Penn State Univ.
• NEWA and Grape Berry Moth. LERGP Podcast #31. 2017. Tim Weigle and Andy Muza. Cornell Univ and Penn State Univ.
• What is NEWA? Lake Erie Regional Grape Program (LERGP) Podcast #6. 2017. Luke Haggerty and Tim Weigle. Cornell Univ and Penn State Univ.
• Exploring the vagaries of weather with open access tools on NEWA. 2016. Juliet Carroll. NYS IPM Climate and Weather Conference, NYS IPM Program, Cornell Univ.

Surveys

NEWA has a positive impact and can provide a significant economic benefit for growers. We surveyed NEWA users and non-users in 2007 and 2017. In 2017, NEWA users reported annual cost savings, on average, of $4,329 from reducing pesticide sprays and$33,048 in avoided crop loss by using NEWA pest forecast models. 100% of NEWA users would recommend NEWA to other growers.

• Olmstead, D. and Carroll, J. 2018. The Network for Environment and Weather Applications: 2017 Survey of Impacts and User Insights. NYS IPM Program Project Report. eCommons, Cornell University. 8 pp.
• Carroll, J.E. 2007. Impact of NYS IPM Program’s Network for Environment and Weather Awareness (NEWA) on agricultural production. NYS IPM Program Project Reports 2007-2008, NYS IPM Pub 506: 261-267.

Press Releases

• Juliet Carroll – Formidable Fruit Doyenne Earns Excellence in IPM Award. 1 March 2019. NYS IPM Program, Cornell Univ.
• Keith Eggleston – Canny Climatologist Codes his way to Excellence in IPM Award. 17 January 2019. NYS IPM Program, Cornell Univ.
• NEWA is awarded USDA NIFA grant for innovative online delivery of IPM crop risk tools. 15 October 2018
• Weather Stations in the News. 2016. ABC News 13, Henderson County, NC
• John Leggett – Inventor Wins IPM Award for Rugged Farm Weather Stations. 13 February 2007. NYS IPM Program, Cornell Univ.
• John Gibbons – Gibbons Helps Growers, Wins IPM Award. 13 February 2002. NYS IPM Program, Cornell Univ.

Your NEWA Blog

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Articles and Publications

• Olmstead, D. 2019. The Positive Impacts of NEWA for Grape Producers. Appellation Cornell. Cornell Viticulture and Enology Program. May 2019. Accessed 1 April 2020.
• Peck, G. and Olmstead, D. 2019. Implementing the Pollen Tube Growth Model on NEWA. Fruit Quarterly. Vol 26 Number 4.
• Carroll, J., Weigle, T., Agnello, A., Reissig, H, Cox, K., Breth, D., Robinson, T., Loeb, G., Wilcox, W., Eggleston, K., DeGaetano, A., Olmstead, D., Grant, J., Gibbons, J, and Petzoldt, C. 2017. NEWA (Network for Environment and Weather Applications) Provides Fruit IPM and Production Tools from 400 weather stations. Fruit Quarterly. Vol. 25 Number 1.
• Carroll, J., Weigle, T., and Petzoldt, C. 2011. The Network for Environment and Weather Applications (NEWA). New York Fruit Quarterly. Vol. 19 Number 1.

Annual Reports

• Olmstead, D., Carroll, J., Weigle, T., Seaman, A., and Grant, J. 2019. NEWA (Network for Environment and Weather Applications) 2019: A Year in Review. NYS IPM Program Project Report, Cornell Univ.
• Olmstead, D., Carroll, J., Weigle, T., Seaman, A., and Grant, J. 2018. NEWA (Network for Environment and Weather Applications) 2018: A Year in Review. NYS IPM Program Project Report, Cornell Univ.
• Olmstead, D., Carroll, J., Weigle, T., Seaman, A., and Grant, J. 2017. NEWA (Network for Environment and Weather Applications) 2017: A Year in Review. NYS IPM Program Project Report, Cornell Univ.
• Carroll, J., Olmstead, D., Weigle, T., Seaman, A., and Grant, J. 2016. NEWA (Network for Environment and Weather Applications) 2016: A Year in Review. NYS IPM Program Project Report, Cornell Univ.
• Carroll, J., Weigle, T., Seaman, A., and Grant, J. 2015. NEWA (Network for Environment and Weather Applications) 2015: A Year in Review. NYS IPM Program Project Report, Cornell Univ.
• Carroll, J., Gibbons, J., Weigle, T., Seaman, A., and Petzoldt, C. 2014. NEWA (Network for Environment and Weather Applications) 2014: A Year in Review. NYS IPM Program Project Report, Cornell Univ.
• Carroll, J., Gibbons, J., Weigle, T., Seaman, A., and Petzoldt, C. 2013. NEWA (Network for Environment and Weather Applications) 2013: A Year in Review. NYS IPM Program Project Report, Cornell Univ.
• Gibbons, J., Petzoldt, C., Seaman, A., Weigle, T., and Carroll, J. 2012. NEWA (Network for Environment and Weather Applications) 2010 - 2012. NYS IPM Program Project Report, Cornell Univ.
• Gibbons, J., Carroll, J., TenEyck, C., Petzoldt, C., and Weigle, T. 2009. NEWA (Network for Environment and Weather Applications) 2009: A Year in Review. NYS IPM Program Project Report, Cornell Univ.
• Gibbons, J., Carroll, J., TenEyck, C., Petzoldt, C., and Weigle, T. 2008. NEWA (Network for Environment and Weather Applications) 2008: A Year in Review. NYS IPM Program Project Report, Cornell Univ.
• Gibbons, J., Carroll, J., TenEyck, C., Petzoldt, C., and Weigle, T. 2007. NEWA (Network for Environment and Weather Awareness) 2007: A Year in Review. NYS IPM Program Project Report, Cornell Univ.
• Gibbons, J., Carroll, J., TenEyck, C., Petzoldt, C., and Weigle, T. 2006. NEWA (Network for Environment and Weather Awareness) 2006: A Year in Review. NYS IPM Program Project Report, Cornell Univ.
• Gibbons, J., Carroll, J., TenEyck, C., Petzoldt, C., and Weigle, T. 2005. NEWA (Network for Environment and Weather Awareness) 2005: A Year in Review. NYS IPM Program Project Report, Cornell Univ.
• Gibbons, J., Carroll, J., TenEyck, C., Petzoldt, C., and Weigle, T. 2004. NEWA (Northeast Weather Association) 2004: A Year in Review. NYS IPM Program Project Report, Cornell Univ.
• Gibbons, J., Petzoldt, C., Weigle, T., and TenEyck, C. 2003. NEWA (Northeast Weather Association) 2003: A Year in Review. NYS IPM Program Project Report, Cornell Univ.
• Gibbons, J., Petzoldt, C., Weigle, T., and TenEyck, C. 2002. NEWA (Northeast Weather Association) 2002: A Year in Review. NYS IPM Program Project Report, Cornell Univ.
• Gibbons, J., Petzoldt, C., Weigle, T., and TenEyck, C. 2001. NEWA (Northeast Weather Association) 2001: A Year in Review. NYS IPM Program Project Report, Cornell Univ.
• Gibbons, J., Petzoldt, C., Weigle, T., and TenEyck, C. 2000. NEWA (Northeast Weather Association) 2000: A Year in Review. NYS IPM Program Project Report, Cornell Univ.
• Gibbons, J., Weigle, T., TenEyck, C., and Petzoldt, C. 1999. NEWA (Northeast Weather Association) 1999: A Year in Review. NYS IPM Program Project Report, Cornell Univ.
• Petzoldt, C., Weigle, T., Gibbons, J., and TenEyck, C. 1998. Report of the Northeast Weather Association. NYS IPM Program Project Report, Cornell Univ.
• Petzoldt, C., Weigle, T., Gibbons, J., and TenEyck, C. 1997. NEWA (Northeast Weather Association) 1997: A Year in Review. NYS IPM Program Project Report, Cornell Univ.
• Petzoldt, C. 1996. Founding of a Grower-based Weather/Pest Information Network to Aid IPM Adoption. NYS IPM Program Project Report, Cornell Univ.