The Swine Health Information Center (SHIC), along with the Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research (FFAR) and Pork Checkoff joined together to fund a Wean-to-Harvest Biosecurity Program to help control the next emerging disease in the U.S. pork industry and improve U.S. swine herd health. The program partners seek a second round of research proposals to investigate cost-effective and innovative technologies, protocols or ideas to enhance biosecurity during the wean-to-harvest phase of pig production.
Proposals are expected to define current practices and investigate innovative and novel protocols or technologies that may have a cost, efficiency or implementation advantage.
Collaborative projects that include pork industry, allied industry and/or academic public/private partnerships, demonstrate the most urgency and timeliness of completion, and show efficient use of funds will be prioritized for funding. Approximately $1.3 million is available for this second round of research projects; proposals are capped at $200,000.
For more information on this funding opportunity, please visit: Wean-to-Harvest Biosecurity Program
