EMILI celebrates Innovation Farms Centre grand opening

EMILI is proud to announce the grand opening of its new 8,500 square foot Innovation Farms Centre on Innovation Farms, 20 minutes north west of Winnipeg.

The new space increases opportunities for EMILI and its partners to analyze farm data, demonstrate and test technology solutions, and host meetings and educational events year-round.

Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew joined EMILI in celebrating the opening, announcing that the Manitoba government will invest $2,025,000 over five years to support the work taking place on Innovation Farms to increase productivity, sustainability, and profitability across the agriculture and agri-food sector.

This funding is provided under the Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership (Sustainable CAP), a $3.5 billion investment by the federal, provincial, and territorial governments that supports Canada’s agriculture and agri-food sectors.

“Digital technology is transforming agriculture and food production, and we want to support Manitoba producers to innovate, adopt new technologies, and grow their businesses,” said Ron Kostyshyn, Minister of Agriculture. “EMILI will play a key role in helping Manitoba agriculture be on the cutting edge, grow the sector, and create more good jobs.”

“This funding increases our ability to provide farmers, industry, students, and researchers with exposure and access to cutting edge equipment and emerging technologies in a commercial setting, which will drive sustainability, and increase productivity,” she said.

The 8,500 square foot space includes a large workshop, meeting rooms, offices, and a control centre where data from over 50 sensors placed across Innovation Farms can be displayed on interactive screens allowing EMILI collaborators, including startups and scaleups, researchers, students, producers and agtech developers to analyze on-farm data and make decisions in real-time.