Event Type: Webinar
Date: 5/27/2026 — 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Making the right pest and disease management decisions comes down to timing, and getting it wrong can mean wasted inputs, higher costs, and increased crop risk.
In this webinar, you’ll learn how growers are using NEWA decision-support models together with on-site weather data to make more precise IPM decisions for spray timing, irrigation, and crop thinning.
Join Jon Clements (UMass Extension) and Matt Sharp (HOBO) as they walk through how NEWA models work in practice and how integrating real-time weather data can help improve the accuracy and effectiveness of your management decisions.
This session will include a live demonstration of the NEWA website, where you’ll see how to use IPM tools to support real-time decision-making in the field.
In this session, you’ll learn:
How to use NEWA models to improve spray timing and reduce unnecessary fungicide applications
How weather data supports better irrigation decisions, especially in high-density orchards
How thinning models help optimize timing based on plant conditions
What hardware is needed to set up an IPM weather station
Key considerations when selecting sensors and deploying a monitoring system
How HOBO weather stations and LI-COR Cloud integrate with NEWA to support real-time decision-making
If you're involved in orchard or specialty crop production and looking to reduce guesswork, improve timing, and make more informed field decisions, this session will provide practical guidance you can apply this season.
Wed, May 27, 2026 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT