Innovation Farms Manager, Leanne Koroscil, has the opportunity to bring a unique perspective to The Manitoba Institute of Agrologists as a newly appointed member of the Provincial Council. Read more Innovation Farms manager appointed to Manitoba Institute of Agrologists
Jacqueline Keena spoke to the Winnipeg Free Press about the impact of the recent Federal announcement of $2.4 billion in funding "to build capacity in Canada in the AI space." Read more Manitoba would benefit from co-ordination on AI sector front (Winnipeg Free Press)
Jacqueline Keena spoke to City News about importance of recent $2.4 billion Federal investment in AI in Canada Read more Winnipeg’s IT sector pleased with federal AI investment (CityNews)
EMILI's Board Chair, Ray Bouchard, spoke about the role of in-field data to advance the agri-food supply chain with Protein Industries Canada (PIC). Read more Gathering in-field data to advance the full supply chain
The Innovation Farms team is preparing for the 2024 season, mapping out mock missions during a full day of drone training. Read more Drones map out mock missions over Innovation Farms
EMILI has launched a free, online ag data course to help farmers build knowledge and skills around agricultural and farm data. Read more EMILI launches free ag data course (Manitoba Cooperator)
With the launch of EMILI’s Fundamentals of Farm Data program, farmers interested in building foundational knowledge and skills around agriculture data and farm data governance have a new resource to turn to. Read more EMILI launches agriculture data literacy training program
“There are opportunities to make sense of and come up with insights from the growing amount of agriculture data that is being captured, created and produced both on farm and elsewhere in the value chain,” said Dan Lussier in an interview with Grainews. Read more Artificial intelligence, real diligence (Grainews)
Manitoba’s Next Digital Leap: How Generative AI Can Drive Innovation provides insight from a roundtable hosted by CityAge in collaboration with Google Cloud and EMILI. Read more Roundtable summary report shares insight on generative AI
EMILI Managing Director Jacqueline Keena has a unique opportunity to be a voice for the future of agtech in Manitoba as a member of the newly created Premier’s Business and Jobs Council. Read more Jacqueline Keena to share agtech expertise as member of premier’s business and jobs council
During a panel discussion at Agriculture Enlightened 2023 Chuck Baresich, Joe Dales, Rick Rutherford, Ray Bouchard, and Jacqueline Keena, discussed growing the Innovation Farms model to advance digital agriculture and ways that robots can help control weeds. Read more Robots may help grain farmers diversify (The Western Producer)
Janelle Wells and Bryan Prystupa share their career journeys as part of EMILI's This is Agriculture series. Read more Two long-time AgExpert employees share their path to digital agriculture careers
Innovation Farms powered by AgExpert is a 5,500-acre full-scale farm that gives industry and academics access to leading-edge equipment, technology, and production practices. Read more EMILI working to advance innovation and new technologies in agriculture
A recent GrainsWest Magazine article talks about work taking place on EMILI's Innovation Farms to test, demonstrate and validate new technologies Read more Proof of concept: joint program assists development of farm-ready technology (GrainsWest)
"AI is streamlining efficiency," said EMILI Managing Director Jacqueline Keena in a recent news article on how artificial intelligence is being used in Manitoba workplaces. Read more Betting smart money on artificial intelligence (Winnipeg Free Press)
Intelligent technology integration is one of EMILI's strategic pillars. We work to build the capacity of Canadian agriculture, encouraging collaboration, and creating space for new and innovative technologies and techniques to be tested in real world conditions within a full, scale commercial farm environment. Read more Leanne Koroscil shares expertise on 4R and sustainability
Innovation Farms powered by AgExpert is a 5,500-acre full-scale farm that gives industry and academics access to leading-edge equipment, technology, and production practices. Read more High-tech weed control to give farmers a look into how precise spraying can be (Grainews)
Read how Innovation Farms helps agriculture innovators get through what some have coined "the valley of death" in a recent article by Robert Arnason in The Western Producer. Read more Navigating the Valley of Death (Western Producer)
EMILI's Innovation Farms Powered by AgExpert uses IoT soil sensors to influence 4R Practices throughout the season. Read more Soil sensors help inform decisions on Innovation Farms
EMILI Managing Director Jacqueline Keena's op-ed provides insight into how embracing new technologies increases sustainability. She highlights the impact of AI on the future of digital agriculture, and the importance of an innovative and adaptive agri-food sector built on partnerships and symbiotic relationships. Read the full article in the June 22 edition of the Winnipeg… Read more Agriculture in the AI era (Winnipeg Free Press)
The EMILI Data Initiative is looking forward to wrapping up the two Policy and Practices Applied Research Projects in the coming months. These are applied research projects that aim to bring together solid information for growers, or really anyone working in the digital agriculture sector who is interested in deepening their understanding of agri-food data… Read more A sneak peak at two agri-food data projects launching this summer
Danielle Bérard uses drones to collect land data across Innovation Farms Powered by AgExpert. Read more Danielle Bérard flying high as drones take flight over Innovation Farms
EMILI's Explore Project addresses the industry's growing need for a skilled workforce by building skills, awareness of, and interest in plant protein, agri-food and digital agriculture. Read more What we heard: Creating value with data and digital tools for the Canadian agri-food sector
Read EMILI Managing Director Jacqueline Keena's op-ed in the Winnipeg Free Press. Read more Digital agriculture sector expanding (Winnipeg Free Press)
Over the next 5 years, MacDon is contributing over $450,000 in funding, resources, and harvesting expertise, toward EMILI's Advancing Digital Agriculture Project which aims to expand technology and education initiatives in the agri-food sector. Read more EMILI and MacDon collaborate to advance digital agriculture
Intelligent technology integration is one of EMILI's strategic pillars. We work to build the capacity of Canadian agriculture, encouraging collaboration, and creating space for new and innovative technologies and techniques to be tested in real world conditions within a full, scale commercial farm environment. Read more Smart technology adoption leads to benefits across the value chain (Growing Opportunities)
A 5,500-acre farm just north of Winnipeg is going to be turned into a digital agricultural testing lab that will help Manitoba stay on the cutting edge of food production technology for many years to come. Funding of more than $8 million in capital – including $2.5 million from PrairiesCan — and in-kind support from… Read more Planting pixels: Plans announced for a Smart Farm (The Winnipeg Free Press)
ADT is a non-profit organization, based in Indianapolis, Indiana, that assists producers with understanding and evaluating contracts associated with collection, storage, transfer, and use of their agricultural data. Read more EMILI joins Ag Data Transparent
Intelligent technology integration is one of EMILI's strategic pillars. We work to build the capacity of Canadian agriculture, encouraging collaboration, and creating space for new and innovative technologies and techniques to be tested in real world conditions within a full, scale commercial farm environment. Read more Federal and industry investments advance local innovation farm (Stonewall Teulon Tribune)
Jacqueline Keena with EMILI talks about how Innovation Farms is using new agricultural technologies to show their positive impact on productivity and sustainability. Read more Telling innovative farm stories (Between the Rows Podcast)
Innovation Farms powered by AgExpert is a 5,500-acre full-scale farm that gives industry and academics access to leading-edge equipment, technology, and production practices. Read more Innovation Farms to allow ag technology testing on commercial operation (Manitoba Co-operator)
Manitoba is now home to its first full-scale innovation farm thanks to an injection of federal and industry funding. Read more New federal and industry funding advances digital agriculture
Innovation Farms powered by AgExpert is a 5,500-acre full-scale farm that gives industry and academics access to leading-edge equipment, technology, and production practices. Read more Jacqueline Keena talks innovation (Ready, Set, Grow Podcast)
EMILI was one of the three organizations nominated for the Technology award at the 13th Annual Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce Spirit of Winnipeg Awards which took place on June 17, 2022. This category recognizes the application of technology to improve the delivery of products and services that build a smarter city. We congratulate Community of… Read more EMILI honoured as Spirit of Winnipeg -Technology finalist
EMILI's Managing Director Jacqueline Keena joined Robert Saik and Rick Rutherford for a discussion about machine learning and robotics in the ag sector. Read the full story in Germination Magazine. Read more Rise of the Machines: How Machine Learning and Robots are Taking Over the Seed World (Germination Magazine)
Enterprise Machine Intelligence and Learning Initiative (EMILI) has announced a partnership with Farm Credit Canada (FCC) and the renaming of its innovation farm as Innovation Farms powered by AgExpert. Read more Innovative Partnership is Expected to Advance Digital Ag (Germination Magazine)
Enterprise Machine Intelligence and Learning Initiative (EMILI) is pleased to announce a partnership with Farm Credit Canada (FCC) and the renaming of its innovation farm as Innovation Farms powered by AgExpert. Read more Innovative farm partnership between EMILI and FCC advances digital agriculture
Intelligent technology integration is one of EMILI's strategic pillars. We work to build the capacity of Canadian agriculture, encouraging collaboration, and creating space for new and innovative technologies and techniques to be tested in real world conditions within a full, scale commercial farm environment. Read more In search of an easy button (Grains West)
EMILI's Managing Director Jacqueline Keena talks about what drew her to the agri-food industry and her vision for the future in a recent Q&A on agriculture, technology, and non-profits. Read more Agriculture, Technology & Nonprofits: A Q&A with Jacqueline Keena (PANL Perspectives)
EMILI's Explore Project addresses the industry's growing need for a skilled workforce by building skills, awareness of, and interest in plant protein, agri-food and digital agriculture. Read more Protein Industries Canada announces co-investment into data initiative
EMILI works with UWinnipeg researchers on innovative machine learning technologies, such as a crop identification algorithm to identify prairie crops and weeds. Read more TerraByte: Digital Agriculture (University of Winnipeg)
Advancements in technology, autonomous robotics and machine learning are revolutionizing the agriculture industry. The applications of these technologies for productivity, pro tability and sustainability are immense. Intelligent technologies produce vast amounts of data to drive insights, decision-making, research and other value-added components. Insights derived from this data will increase crop yields, expedite crop breeding and… Read more Growing the Digital Agriculture Industry
A sprawling Prairie-based group is one of five proponents selected from across the country to receive funding from the federal government's $950 million Innovation Superclusters Program, it was announced this morning in Ottawa. Read more Prairie-based group gets federal Superclusters funding (The Winnipeg Free Press)
EMILI is well positioned to create a not-for-profit entity focused on commercialization strategies and skills training around artificial intelligence and machine-learning technologies. Read more EMILI leaders bullish on Manitoba initiative (The Winnipeg Free Press)
