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
“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)
In October 2023, Grainews spoke to EMILI’s managing director, Jacqueline Keena, who hosted a panel discussion on Innovation Farms during the Agriculture Enlightened conference. Read more Testing high-tech at farm scale (Grainews)
Learn more about the predictive map technology that Geco Engineering has been testing at EMILI's Innovation Farms in this Western Producer article by Robert Arnason. Read more Predictive maps help weed control (Western Producer)
In 2021, Kristen Timmerman was studying agriculture in university when she set out to develop an ag-tech tool for prairie farmers. EMILI is proud to be able to support this initiative with a 2023 Emergence Grant, which InputsPro received in May 2023. Read more Manitoba entrepreneur creates InputsPro for Prairie Farmers (Grainews)
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)
Categories Skills and Talent
Think outside the agriculture box for labour, ag and tech leaders say (Manitoba Cooperator)
The way EMILI, Actua, and Agriculture in the Classroom work together to bring agriculture technology to young people, particularly Indigenous youth in the Prairie provinces was highlighted in a panel discussion at EMILI's 2023 Agriculture Enlightened Conference and is featured in the October 26 edition of the Manitoba Cooperator. Read more Think outside the agriculture box for labour, ag and tech leaders say (Manitoba Cooperator)
"It’s starting to look like there’s a new force in the agricultural technology ecosystem in the Prairies that cannot be ignored," begins a recent article in the Winnipeg Free Press. The article highlights EMILI's annual Agriculture Enlightened Conference and the success of the first season of projects underway at Innovation Farms. Read more Growing agri-food, tech success (Winnipeg Free Press)
Categories Capital Enablement
Promoting sustainability with digital agriculture (Fresh Thinking Magazine)
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 Promoting sustainability with digital agriculture (Fresh Thinking Magazine)
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: Digital ag at scale (Growing the Future Podcast)
Categories Intelligent technology
Betting smart money on artificial intelligence (Winnipeg Free Press)
"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)
EMILI hosted Manitoba 4R Day on Innovation Farms in August 2023 to highlight how innovations in digital agriculture support sustainable 4R practices. Read more Making 4R nutrient management work (Manitoba Cooperator)
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 Here’s to Prairie Ag Innovators (Grainews)
Categories Intelligent technology
High-tech weed control to give farmers a look into how precise spraying can be (Grainews)
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)
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)
Read the Manitoba Cooperator feature by Gerayln Wichers about EMILI’s Innovation Farms becoming the second Manitoba “smart farm” to join a country-spanning data-sharing and learning network. Read more EMILI joins Pan-Canadian Smart Farm Network (The Cooperator)
Read EMILI Managing Director Jacqueline Keena's op-ed in the Winnipeg Free Press. Read more Digital agriculture sector expanding (Winnipeg Free Press)
In March 2023, EMILI sponsored Palette Skills, "Create, Compete, Commercialize" pitch night, which took place in Saskatoon. Read Palette Skills' blog post to learn more. Read more EMILI joins with Palette skills to sponsor pitch night (Palette Skills)
EMILI is advancing digital agriculture by supporting innovative technology integration and creating opportunities for students and entrepreneurs to pursue careers in the field. Read more Building a digital agriculture framework (Country Guide)
Read how Innovation Farms Powered by AgExpert is advancing digital agriculture in the March 2023 edition of AgriSuccess Magazine. Read more Digital Farming: The future is now (AgriSuccess Magazine)
We create opportunities for students from non-agriculture backgrounds to obtain skills and training while gaining hands-on experience and exposure to a wide variety of career opportunities in digital agriculture. Read more Digital ag training offered in Saskatchewan (The Western Producer)
Categories Innovation and Research
Researchers bring machine learning to Manitoba fields (Global News)
Innovation and research is one of EMILI's strategic pillars. We search out opportunities for alignment and collaboration to shorten the time it takes for knowledge to be mobilized between industry R&D priorities and academic research. Read more Researchers bring machine learning to Manitoba fields (Global News)
Categories Intelligent technology
Smart technology adoption leads to benefits across the value chain (Growing Opportunities)
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 project EMILI is partnered received more than $500,000 in funding support from Research Manitoba. Read more Advancing digital agriculture (University of Winnipeg)
Categories Intelligent technology
Planting pixels: Plans announced for a Smart Farm (The Winnipeg Free Press)
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)
Categories Intelligent technology
Federal and industry investments advance local innovation farm (Stonewall Teulon Tribune)
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)
Categories Innovation and Research
Manitoba Government launches new water management strategy (MB Gov)
The Government of Manitoba announced a new provincial water strategy on November 8. “Manitoba is fortunate to have excellent water resources at a time when water security and resilience are a growing factor for companies considering where to invest,” said Ray Bouchard, co-chair, Integrated Water Strategy Committee and board chair, EMILI. “In a changing climate,… Read more Manitoba Government launches new water management strategy (MB Gov)
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)
Categories Intelligent technology
Innovation Farms to allow ag technology testing on commercial operation (Manitoba Co-operator)
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)
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)
With almost 58,000 youth have been introduced to the plant-protein, agri-food, and digital agriculture sector thanks to a successful partnership between EMILI, Protein Industries Canada, Actua, and Agriculture in the Classroom Canada. Read the full story on the Protein Industries Canada website. Read more Youth education program surpasses goals (Protein Industries Canada)
Categories Intelligent technology
Rise of the Machines: How Machine Learning and Robots are Taking Over the Seed World (Germination Magazine)
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)
Categories Intelligent technology
Innovative Partnership is Expected to Advance Digital Ag (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)
Categories Skills and Talent
Palette Skills launches program to upskill business and technology talent (Palette Skills)
EMILI partnered with Palette Skills and the University of Saskatchewan to launch a new Automation and Digital Agriculture Specialist program. This program is designed to help employers in the agri-food sector find skilled talent to fuel the growth of their businesses. x Read more Palette Skills launches program to upskill business and technology talent (Palette Skills)
Working in partnership with Palette Skills, EMILI is part of a pilot project that engages high-growth companies in the province’s AgTech space to uncover their most pressing talent challenges, and then develop a reskilling program that retrains workers into high-demand jobs. Read more New pilot tackles AgTech skills gaps in the Prairies (Palette Skills)
Categories Innovation and Research
Wheat harvest on Wellington Crescent lawn raises $20K for Harvest Manitoba (CBC Manitoba)
Innovation and research is one of EMILI's strategic pillars. We search out opportunities for alignment and collaboration to shorten the time it takes for knowledge to be mobilized between industry R&D priorities and academic research. Read more Wheat harvest on Wellington Crescent lawn raises $20K for Harvest Manitoba (CBC Manitoba)
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)
Categories Intelligent technology
Agriculture, Technology & Nonprofits: A Q&A with Jacqueline Keena (PANL Perspectives)
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 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)
Categories Capital Enablement
New Partnership to Advance Digital Agriculture Innovation (Bioenterprise)
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 New Partnership to Advance Digital Agriculture Innovation (Bioenterprise)
Categories Skills and Talent
Organizations come together to introduce youth to careers across the agrifood sector (Protein Industries Canada)
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 Organizations come together to introduce youth to careers across the agrifood sector (Protein Industries Canada)
EMILI is working on "some pretty aggressive moon-shots on what we think we can do for the digital agriculture economy in Manitoba,” says Martin Cash in the November 4 edition of the Winnipeg Free Press. Read more Planting the seed money to grow digital agriculture
Categories Innovation and Research
Canada supports growth of digital ag industry in Manitoba (Western Economic Diversification Canada)
EMILI works with UWinnipeg researchers on innovative machine learning technologies, such as a crop identification algorithm to identify prairie crops and weeds. Read more Canada supports growth of digital ag industry in Manitoba (Western Economic Diversification Canada)
Categories Innovation and Research
Examples of how Manitoba has leveraged its strategic advantages (Growing Manitoba’s Economy)
The report, Growing Manitoba's Economy, points to EMILI's innovative work as an example of how Manitoba has leveraged its strategic advantages. Read more Examples of how Manitoba has leveraged its strategic advantages (Growing Manitoba’s Economy)
Categories Intelligent technology
Prairie-based group gets federal Superclusters funding (The Winnipeg Free Press)
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)
On October 3, 2017, EMILI Board Chair Ray Bouchard addressed the Finance Committee to talk about the importance of creating a collaborative framework to connects all sectors of agriculture to technology solutions designed by Canadians. Read more Ray Bouchard at the Finance Committee (Open Parliament)
Categories Innovation and Research
Manitoba’s incredible opportunity in EMILI (Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce)
EMILI presents an incredible opportunity for Manitoba to cement itself as the pre-eminent leader in global agriculture, and the Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce is a proud supporter of the initiative. Read more Manitoba’s incredible opportunity in EMILI (Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce)