The federal government has promised $10.6 million for hog industry research.
The money will go to Swine Innovation Porc which is supported by the Canadian Pork Council and provincial hog marketing boards.
In a news release, SIP said that it would spend up to $20.1 million in combined government and industry funding over the next five years on the sector’s research priorities.
These include climate change and the environment, sector resilience, economic growth, and communication and knowledge transfer, the SIP news release said.
Research topics include new vaccines, antimicrobial alternatives,feed strategies, and genetics.
