Kyle Ische

Agronomist with Agri-solve. Ridgetown grad of ‘24. All tweets are my own.

[Jacob Peterson @PetersonLJacob]

Very visible where fungicide wasn’t applied 2 weeks ago.

[Rodrigo Werle @WiscWeeds]

Soybean injury caused by 2,4-D (left) and dicamba (right). #4CropScouts

[Grain Farmers of Ontario @GrainFarmers]

Field progress, Grain Farmers of Ontario’s weekly estimate of planting and harvest across the province by district, estimated winter wheat harvest at 16 per cent as of Wednesday, July 15, 2026.

View the latest field progress here: https://t.co/5PorHjSjRR

[Zen✨WECK @ZenWeck]

We tried to raise concerns about this years ago.

Ontario’s forestry policy has allowed the continued aerial spraying of glyphosate across parts of the boreal forest to suppress deciduous species like aspen and birch in favor of conifer regeneration.

Now Northern Ontario is facing another devastating wildfire season: more than 100 active fires, evacuations, homes lost, and smoke spreading far beyond Canada’s borders. Air quality alerts and hazy skies are affecting not only Ontario cottage country and Toronto, but communities across much of eastern Canada and the northeastern United States.

Wildfire risk is complex. But forest management decisions deserve serious scrutiny.

Many fire ecologists have noted that mixed forests containing more deciduous species can be more resilient to wildfire because trees like aspen and birch are generally less flammable and can help slow fire spread. Conifer-dominated forests, on the other hand, can support hotter, faster-moving crown fires under the right conditions.

So the question needs to be asked:

Are we managing our forests primarily for timber production, or are we prioritizing long-term ecological resilience and community protection?

Quebec banned forestry use of glyphosate in 2001. First Nations, environmental organizations, hunters, and many northern residents have repeatedly called for a re-examination of Ontario’s approach.

The smoke from these fires is a reminder that what happens in Northern Ontario doesn’t stay in Northern Ontario. It affects wildlife, tourism, public health, local economies, and millions of people living hundreds or even thousands of miles away.

How many more summers of smoke-filled skies will it take before we seriously reconsider how we manage one of the world’s most important forests?

[StormHQ ☈ @StormHQwx]

An aerial view of the large wildfires burning in Ontario Canada this afternoon.

📹: Bush Piloting

[WxOntario @WxOntario1]

Significant plume of wildfire smoke is expected to sink into Southern #Ontario tomorrow

Winds aloft are expected to send the smoke from the wildfires across NW Ont into the region with major impacts across SW/ Central Ont and the #GTA

Strong smell of smoke + visible smoke at the surface expected

#OnWX #ONStorm

[Andy Pasztor 🧼🧽 @apasztor82]

It’s not that grain prices are bad, it’s the fact that everyone who the farmer relies on to grow the crop, keep it fed, and get it out of the field and then claim they are “for the farmer” is putting us out of business ….. I’m normally a pretty chill guy but for a vibrant industry we both need to make $!!! it can’t be a one way street!!!!

[The Western Producer @westernproducer]

High molybdenum linked to herd’s infertility problems - https://t.co/2ZknryoN3o

[Karen Braun @kannbwx]

🇫🇷Hot and dry weather has slashed corn conditions in France.

Last week's good-to-excellent rating fell to 58%, down a whopping 26 percentage points in just two weeks.

For comparison, the sharpest two-week decline in U.S. corn conditions during the 2012 drought was 17 points.

[Mitch Miller @mgreymiller]

The dark blue is the 98-100th percentile of precipitation totals since April 1. That's a Lot of prime canola production area being impacted. Rain makes grain -- unless it drowns the plant first...

[Dusty Rich 🇺🇸 @drich82]

Syngenta replaces an Illinois farmer as CEO with the former head of its China business.

Reminder: Syngenta is ultimately controlled by the Chinese government through its state-owned ownership structure.

What message do you think this sends to U.S. farmers and the broader agricultural industry?

[Kyle Ische @kyle_ische]

@wilkjef @kyledecorte No kidding!

[Neil Jakubowski @NeilJakabowski]

3 1/4’s of canola seeded with a Seedhawk and Bourgault 3335 plds quite the difference from satellite on the top 1/4 where the hawk seeded vrs the bottom 2 with the Bourgault.

[James D'Aoust 🌽 @Cheech_Cheech]

We're back looking at a field that was sprayed with Enlist 1 herbicide last year on June 18th. This fields now in corn and has received an early post app of glyphosate + Crimson + Acuron application. VERY noticeable difference in horsetail pressure! @PioneerSeedsCA

[Kyle Ische @kyle_ische]

@WxOntario1 And the aftermath…

[Kyle Ische @kyle_ische]

@CousineauAlbert @ptskloostra Yes, have to have it in L then you can shift through with that

[Ryan Benjamins @RyanBenjamins]

Group 4 herbicides are very rate responsive. I’m much happier with the newly approved 0.95L rate of Enlist 1.
Giant ragweed and fleabane are large in the sprayer miss on the left. Field was sprayed with Chlorimuron-ethyl, Metribuzin, Enlist 1 and Glyphosate.

[Kyle Ische @kyle_ische]

@MdMcLean1 average plants counted divided by area of hoop in sqft [4.52 sqft for yours]. Result of that divided by 43,560 = plants per acre.

[Gary Stanford @senatrstanford]

Dumped 1 1/4 inches out of gauge Saturday morning and just dumped 4 3/4 inches just now 6 inches and still raining , culvert is 7 ft tall inside. Water over hiway by Magrath, stay tuned

[Jason Lennox @farmerlefty]

Still available if anyone is looking for a good used side dresser. RT appreciated.