The Provincial and Federal Governments have announced million in funding to support the Enterprise Machine Intelligence and Learning Initiative or EMILI.
Premier Wab Kinew was part of this announcement earlier today, saying that this funding will help drive innovation in Manitoba agriculture is going to help producers lower costs, increase yields and improve sustainability.
The funding builds on the launch of EMILI’s Innovation Farms Project, a 5,500-acre full-scale farming operation used to demonstrate and promote new processes and technologies. As a part of the innovation farms project, the 8,500-sq.-ft. Innovation Farms Centre officially opened today.
EMILI is an industry-led non-profit that was created in 2016 with the objective of preparing and empowering Manitoba farmers to fully utilize the latest digital technology advantages.
The vision for EMILI’s innovation farms project is to be a place of collaboration and demonstration, for both experts and the general public, including students and others in the industry.
