Funding

Core Funding

 Industry Partners


Prairie Swine Centre is an affiliate of the University of Saskatchewan


Prairie Swine Centre is grateful for the assistance of the George Morris Centre in developing the economics portion of Pork Insight.

Financial support for the Enterprise Model Project and Pork Insight has been provided by:



Core funding for the Research and Technology Transfer Programs at Prairie Swine Centre is provided by pork producer agencies in Saskatchewan, Alberta and Manitoba, as well as Saskatchewan Department of Agriculture and Food. This core funding provides the basic support for the Centre’s research objectives, as well as a Technology Transfer program.

Core funding is multiplied many times over (currently five) by applying for specific project funding from additional funding sources. Project funding comes from both the public sector (eg: ADF, Alberta Agriculture Research Institute, NSERC and USDA) and the private sector (eg: feed and drug companies and equipment manufacturers).

The Contract Research program represents a growing source of funds to the Centre. This program provides professional, confidential research results to agribusiness and commodity groups seeking to develop new products, or refine existing products and conduct research in support of applications to federal regulatory agencies.

Sale of stock is also an important revenue item for the Centre. Animal sales must cover the cost of animal production, and should also provide funds to support the Centre’s Research and Technology Transfer programs. Excess revenues from the sale of stock are also set-aside in an income stabilization fund to support the Centre when market prices weaken.

The following table outlines Program and Project sponsors for the 2010 fiscal year.

PROGRAM SPONSORS MAJOR PROJECT SPONSORS PROJECT SPONSORS
Saskatchewan Pork Development Board Adisseo Agriculture Food Council
Saskatchewan Agriculture Development Fund-ADF Advancing Canadian Agriculture and Agri-Food (ACAAF) Alberta Livestock Industry Development Fund Ltd. (ALIDF)
Manitoba Pork Council Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Danisco Animal Nutrition
Alberta Pork Producers Development Corporation Alberta Barley Commission Distributors Processing Inc.
  Alberta Livestock Industry Development Fund Ltd. (ALIDF) Canada Adaptation and Rural Development in Saskatchewan (CARDS)
  Elanco (Division of Eli Lilly Canada Inc.) Canola Council of Canada
  Flax Canada Cargill
  National Pork Board (U.S.) Cement Association of Canada
  Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Degussa Canada Inc.
  Vandeputte Maple Leaf Foods
    Ontario Farm Animal Council
    Ontario Pork Producers Marketing Board
    Pig Improvement Company Inc.
    Saskatchewan Canola Development Commission
    Saskatchewan Pulse Development Board
    Sierens
    Syngenta Biotechnology Inc.