Community Engagement
Post by : Cynthia | Post on : February 18, 2026 at 8:00 am
Jill Verwey lives and breathes agriculture. Her roots growing up on a mixed grain and cattle operation in rural Manitoba lend themselves well to her current roles - the office manager for Verwey Farms Ltd., president of Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP), and first vice president of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture (CFA). Jill’s pride in
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Post by : Cynthia | Post on : February 17, 2026 at 8:00 am
Redekop first began developing solutions for herbicide-resistant weeds in 2015 to help Australian farmers control problem ryegrass in their fields. In 2025, Redekop began a three-year project on EMILI’s Innovation Farms powered by AgExpert to test and validate its Seed Control Unit (SCU) to provide Canadian farmers with third-party research that
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Post by : Cynthia | Post on : January 21, 2026 at 8:30 am
Nearly 40 members of the Manitoba Digital Agriculture Table met online on January 14 to learn about skills programming opportunities currently available in the agtech sector.
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Post by : Cynthia | Post on : January 19, 2026 at 8:00 am
Jordyn Wiebe grew up on her father’s farm, J.P. Wiebe Ltd., in MacGregor Manitoba. She spent her childhood working odd jobs to help the farm’s potato operation, and while she initially began her career off the farm, she was drawn back to her roots when she returned to become J.P. Wiebe Ltd.’s bookkeeper and farm and food safety manager. In 20
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Post by : Cynthia | Post on : January 14, 2026 at 8:00 am
The use of drones in agriculture has the potential to make the industry more efficient and more innovative. But when it comes to spray drones, using them without the proper authorization has legal ramifications.
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Post by : Cynthia | Post on : January 5, 2026 at 8:00 am
Potato storage issues drive significant losses for producers in North America each year. Cellar Insights, an agtech company that uses predictive analytics and smart storage monitoring to deliver early warnings on potato spoilage risk, is working with EMILI on Innovation Farms powered by AgExpert to demonstrate the ability of its technology to monit
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Post by : Cynthia | Post on : December 8, 2025 at 8:00 am
There are an abundance of different careers in agriculture, and Angela Pearen has tried several of them. Now the coordinator of the agriculture extension programs at Russ Edwards School of Agriculture and Environment, Assiniboine College, Angela has also worked helping producers diversify their farm income, and held positions in rural leadership, s
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Post by : Cynthia | Post on : November 18, 2025 at 10:30 am
Water is one of the most important inputs in agriculture, and is often the most significant factor limiting crop yield, particularly in dryland farming. Working with EMILI at Innovation Farms powered by AgExpert during the 2025 season allowed Crop Intelligence to fine-tune its Dryland Farming Ultra Package to help producers better understand their
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Post by : Cynthia | Post on : October 3, 2025 at 1:05 am
In July 2025, EMILI announced the launch of a second Innovation Farms location in MacGregor, Manitoba, which allows EMILI to gain and share insights into technology used to grow and store potatoes. With potato harvest season kicking off, EMILI's Innovation Farms team joined the team at J. P. Wiebe Ltd. on location at EMILI's Innovation Farms MacGre
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Post by : Cynthia | Post on : September 19, 2025 at 8:05 am
Canadian organizations and entrepreneurs, many of them located here in the Prairies, are recognized as world leaders in digital agriculture and are poised to play a major role in increasing the productivity and sustainability of our agricultural food systems. Supporting early stage organizations is an important way to increase the speed of innovati
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