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FAWN eNewsletter

Urban Irrigation Scheduler

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Last newsletter we told you about an update to this tool. Well, we just completed another one. Now, system run times are calculated using real-time rainfall and evapotranspiration (ET) rates at each FAWN site. This is a significant update because run times are now updated daily. Check these updates out at http://fawn.ifas.ufl.edu/tools/urban_irrigation.

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FAWN Mobile

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Many of our users have been telling us they have a difficult time viewing the website on their mobile device. So, we developed “FAWN Mobile.” You can view current data from each site and check out the latest FAWN News. Bookmark http://fawn.ifas.ufl.edu/mobile on your mobile device for easy access to FAWN data in the field.

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Pesticide Application Tool

Under development is a pesticide application tool for low volume applicators, and will be a significant addition to our tool box. Conditions for spraying will be categorized using NWS forecasted wind speeds. Users will be able to view the conditions for application along with current data from a FAWN site, then print all this for use in the field and/or record keeping. Please stay tuned for further developments on this tool.

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Who’s Stopping By (Jun-aug)

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  • 14,969 visitors overall.
  • 5,910 unique visitors.
  • 37,957 pages viewed.
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What’s Happening in the Field?

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Our Benchmarking program has been a top priority this year. We have recently completed testing sensors at all our sites. The Field team is also working on our portable tower, which will make its public debut at the Sunbelt Ag Expo in Moultrie, GA in October. This tower will allow us to provide onsite current weather conditions at trade shows and conferences, and can be used in the field either as a backup tower or for observations in areas where data are lacking.

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Outreach

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FAWN recently attended several trade shows. We exhibited at the Small Farms and Alternative Enterprises conference in Kissimmee and the Citrus Expo in Ft. Myers. Both meetings were very well attended and we greatly appreciate all who visited our booth.

Coming up in October we will be at FNATS (1st - 3rd; look for us in the Green Zone) and the Sunbelt Ag Expo in Moultrie, GA (20th - 22nd). We will also talk to homeowners about FAWN irrigation resources at the Water Conservation in the Home Landscape meeting on the 3rd in Lakeland (see http://polkfyn.ifas.ufl.edu/calendar.shtml for more details) and be at the Environmental Expo in the Villages on the 24th (see http://users.thevillages.net/estrickland/TVG/ for more details).

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FAWN and personnel from the state climate office worked with 25 youth in June at the Youth Field Day in Ona on understanding the proper way to cite and read manual sensors, identifying cloud types, and estimating cloud cover. Participants also got to make their own tornado tubes and do some neat online activities.

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Ten Years of FAWN

Please check out our recently published EDIS document that details the history of FAWN: “FAWN - 10 years of providing weather information to Florida growers”. You can find it at http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/SS511

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