Darren Chitty

Agronomist, Grower and Family man who loves his sport.

[Darren Chitty @ChittyDarren]

@IMAG_Consulting If you’re given lemons, make Lemonade.

[Darren Chitty @ChittyDarren]

@lingy_smith Ethyl acetate does an okay job.

[Darren Chitty @ChittyDarren]

@ipaddockapps @CropDoctor54 Will these high density weed strips fast track herbicide resistance? Its hard to get a lethal dose on them all. I fear it will.

[Darren Chitty @ChittyDarren]

@WaddiPark Don’t seed too early and look at a lower plant density to reduce canopy humidity later in the season. Wide rows worth considering. Otherwise Veritas before canopy closure if season is conducive. Lupin Sclero was terrible last year.

[Darren Chitty @ChittyDarren]

@NuseedAustralia Raptor looked the best for mine, jammed full of pods. Knowing this grower well and being the best part of the paddock I’m guessing 4.4 t/ha @NuseedAustralia #WAHighYielding2021

[Nufarm Seeds – AU @NufarmSeedsAU]

Guess the highest yielding line at our WA breeding site. Watch the video, guess the highest yielding variety, estimate the yield, comment your guess & tag @NuseedAustralia #WAHighYielding2021 Comp starts today. WA only. T&Cs https://t.co/wcNtQjz9Mq

[WeedSmart @WeedSmartAU]

Interesting results below from @PBoutsalis ⤵️

Peter recently joined us on the podcast to talk about clethodim resistance, and what growers should keep in mind in order to get the most out of the herbicide 🌱

Listen to the episode here 🎧 https://t.co/jlC9Z3CCSn

[Greg Easton @Greg_Farmanco]

Using 2020 Gross Margins to assess the 2022 impact of higher fertiliser and chemical costs.
Using 100% ↑ fertiliser price and 25% ↑ herbicide cost and todays pricing for grains, gross margins would be higher than 2020 for cereals and canola and lower for lupins.

[Darren Chitty @ChittyDarren]

@davidhu40776911 @Bernie0427 This trial was about 6 years ago and we’ve learnt a bit about N rates in hybrid canola since then. Should have gone to 200 units of N.

[Darren Chitty @ChittyDarren]

44Y27 and DG408 have got the Truflex covered...

[JBucat @JackieBucat]

Current WA canola NVT results for Early Glyphosate Tolerant (GT) trials. Results out for 7 trials.

Pioneer 44Y27 top or similar (blue) in all.

Blue where similar top trial result
Data from https://t.co/3n7QwkwpOC
#NVT #Harvest2020 #canola #GRDCWest #DPIRDbroadacre

[Darren Chitty @ChittyDarren]

@agriprof Wouldn’t do it post on Carrolup. 2.5L 3 leaf. 30% biomass reduction. Lucky it was only a trial.

[Darren Chitty @ChittyDarren]

@gazzbarnes Does zinc reduce the efficacy of Monza in a similar way to Atlantis and zinc?

[Darren Chitty @ChittyDarren]

@WBVerhoogt @AaronEdmonds9 Have done this small plot trial and Monza gives the Spartacus / Scope an absolute belting. Houses not as safe as they use to be @WBVerhoogt

[Roberto Busi @robbert115]

Another workshop in York hosted by @LMKWAagronomy @ChittyDarren to present the results of the 2018 survey of herbicide resistance in Kwinana West Focus Farms funded by @GRDCWest

[Darren Chitty @ChittyDarren]

Interesting read. Post emergent Boxer Gold would also be worth considering.

[Dr Gaus Azam @azam_gaus]

DPIRD’s young soil scientist Tom Edwards presenting how pre-emergent herbicides interact with inversion tillage #soilscience2018 @DPIRDbroadacre @GazeyC @RowanMaddern

[Darren Chitty @ChittyDarren]

@QuentenKnight @LargeLargeag Brings a new meaning to six row barley...

[Darren Chitty @ChittyDarren]

@agriprof @ashtongray01 @agrobaz @BrettAtkin05 @DMAg_consultant @pedler_billy @snides007 @SeanM_DMAg_SA @DSchub11 @InterGrain1 @SuperHyola If you compare pic, pyr and mox at equal gai you will find that pyr has the best post-em activity followed by mox and lastly pic.

[Darren Chitty @ChittyDarren]

@clancy_michael1 They’ve also got controlled traffic by the looks of it