MacGregor Site

Working collaboratively to accelerate digital agriculture

Innovation Farms is unique in Canada in that it operates across two full-scale commercial farms to test and validate new technologies to bring them from pre-commercial to market, showcase technology demonstrations, and share insights to increase understanding of and access to digital agriculture tools.

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Learn about technology being tested and validated at EMILI's MacGregor site

EMILI’s Innovation Farms MacGregor site is located at J.P. Wiebe Ltd., a 10,000 acre potato and grain farm with approximately 3,000 acres dedicated to potatoes.

Agi3 Crop Sentry System

The Agi3 Crop Sentry system collects daily multispectral point cloud and sensor data throughout the season.

Autonomous Pivot Centre Pivot Monitor

EMILI is testing Autonomous Pivot’s intelligent platform with onboard cameras and sensors to measure soil moisture and crop health.

BioScout Airborne Spore Monitoring System

EMILI will validate the ability to detect airborne disease spores early in potatoes with BioScout’s monitoring devices.

Cellar Insights Smart Storage Monitoring

A potato storage bin is equipped with sensors to actively monitor storage environment conditions and alert if there is spoilage risk.

Crop Intelligence Farming Ultra Hardware

Using the Crop Intelligence Farming Ultra hardware package, EMILI is gaining insights on WDYP in various crops.