Prairie Swine Centre Inc. is a non-profit research and technology corporation with expertise in three disciplines – behaviour, nutrition, and engineering. The mission of Prairie Swine Centre Inc. is “to be a Centre of Excellence in research, graduate education and technology transfer, all directed at efficient sustainable pork production.” Through the development of original, practical research results the research program, with a decidedly near market emphasis, creates information to improve the financial position of pork producers by defining feeding and management systems that maximize net income. In addition, the Centre develops information to address issues and opportunities in environment and animal well-being.