Prairie Swine Centre Welcome to the Prairie Swine Centre

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??? Prairie Swine CentreWelcome tothe Prairie
Swine Centre
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??MISSION STATEMENT

• to provide a centre of excellence in
• research, graduate education and technology
• transfer all directed at the enhancement of
• efficient, sustainable pork production.

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????WHO WE ARE

• Non-profit corporation affiliated with the
  University of Saskatchewan, incorporated in 1991
• Operate 280 sow farrow-to-finish research herd
  (PSCI) and a 600 sow farrow-to-finish research
  herd, off-site unit and feed mill (PSCE)
• Total staff complement of 50 (42 PSCI 8 PSCE),
  including 4 Research Scientists, 3 Managers, 4
  Research Assistants, 9 graduate students

• Research disciplines nutrition, engineering and
  applied ethology

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?????WHAT WE DO

• Develop practical, new information for
  application by the pork industry to improve
  profitability, maintain global competitiveness
  and address important sustainability issues in
  animal welfare and the environment
• Transfer this information to the pork industry
  using a variety of vehicles to achieve adoption
  and application as quickly as possible

• Maintain close working relationship with all
  sectors of the pork industry, as this is who we
  serve and this is the reason for our existence

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?????HOW WE DO IT

• Emphasize strategic planning and management, thus
  maintaining focus in all that we do
• Recognize that research is a means to an end, not
  an end unto itself
• Place a very high emphasis on people, attracting
  and retaining nationally and internationally
  recognized scientists and managers

• Listen to the pork industry, seek its guidance
  and act on what we hear
• Treat technology transfer as an integral part of
  research, not a separate activity, and an
  important vehicle for two-way communication
  between researchers and our customers

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????Corporate structure
MEMBER
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
PRESIDENT
Research Scientist Nutrition
Research Scientist Engineering
Research Scientist - External Research Services
Research Scientist Ethology
Manager Information Services
Manager Operations
Manager Finance Administration
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(???)BOARD OF DIRECTORS

• Eric Peters, Steinbach, MB (Chair)
• Mac Sheppard, Saskatoon, SK (Secretary/Treasurer)
• Daryl Possberg, Humboldt, SK
• Shannon Meyers, Spiritwood, SK
• Roger Charbonneau, St. Lina, AB
• Arlee McGrath, Leroy, SK
• Dr. Bryan Schreiner, Director, Research Services,
  U of S
• Dr. Ernie Barber, Dean, College of Agriculture, U
  of S
• Judy Yungwirth, Corporate Administration, U of S
• Jacquie Gibney, Asst. Deputy Minister, SAFRR,
  Regina
• Dr. John Patience, President and C.E.O.

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Prairie Swine Centre ???????Prairie Swine Centre
and the University of Saskatchewan
AGRICULTURE Animal Poultry Sci. Appl. Micro.
Food Sci.
ENGINEERING Agric. Bioresources Eng. Mechnical
Eng.
MEDICINE Ctr. for Agric. Med.
PHARMACY Nutr. Dietetics
OTHERS V.I.D.O./Biostar Agric. Canada P.O.S./N.V.I
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VETERINARY MEDICINE Herd Medicine Therio. Vet.
Physiology
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????SUMMARY OF OPERATIONS

• Annual revenues of 5.71 million
• Prairie Swine Centre 3.85 million
• Research and technology transfer 2.66 million
• Production 1.00 million
• Service contracts 0.18 million
• PSC Elstow Research Farm 2.38 million
• Production feed mill

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Prairie Swine Centre
Nursery
Gilt Development
Grower-Finisher Research Unit
Sow Barns
Office
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PSC Elstow ????PSC Elstow Research Farm
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????SUMMARY OF OPERATIONS

• Annual budget of 5.71 million
• Staff complement of 50 FT and PT
• Total animal sales 21,512
• Animals used in experiments 8,190
• Experiments started last fiscal 33, 1 every 11
  days
• Research Conclusions 32
• Exposures to Prairie pork industry 130,000
• Prairieswine.ca 4,500/month 54,000 annually
• Centred on Swine 4,500/issue 18,000 annually
• Annual Research Report 5,000 annually

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PRAIRIE SWINE CENTRE ???TOTAL REVENUESPRAIRIE
SWINE CENTRE
Other (3)
Animal Sales (24)
Service (4)
Research (69)
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PRAIRIE SWINE CENTRE ????RESEARCH
REVENUESPRAIRIE SWINE CENTRE
Federal 20
Provinces 16
Contract 23
Industry 41
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???? SUMMARY OF OPERATIONS

• Staff complement of 50 FT and PT
• Despite the substantial growth since 1993 in
  revenues (261)
• Growth in research revenues (184)
• Growth in total staff compliment (227)
• There has been no increase in core staff FTEs

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• ????1 Strategic Goal 1 To meet the technology
  needs of the pork industry by developing
  original, practical information that ensures
  maximum profitability combined with acceptability
  of the industry and its products

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????RESEARCH OBJECTIVES
To increase net income by 2 per pig sold

• To increase net income through the development of
  feeding programs that emphasize economic
  efficiency and final product quality.
• To maximize the economic value gained from
  feeding locally-available ingredients and
  ingredient fractions by characterizing and
  modifying their nutritional and functional
  characteristics.
• To increase net income by developing housing
  systems that optimize pig performance considering
  both construction and operating costs.

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????RESEARCH OBJECTIVES
To address sustainability issues related to
animal welfare and the environment.

• To ensure that the animal care and welfare
  interests of pigs, producers and the marketplace
  are met in a productive and profitable manner
  through the development of acceptable housing and
  management systems and practices.
• To improve indoor air quality through the
  development of economical and practical
  techniques ensuring the health and safety of barn
  workers and animals.
• To reduce odour and gas emissions or improve
  nutrient and water management by developing
  in-barn operating systems and management
  procedures that ensure the long-term
  environmental sustainability and acceptability of
  pork production.

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???????2006?Current granting agencies 2006

• Fats and Proteins Foundation
• Flax Council of Canada
• Hamlet Protein
• Manitoba Pork Council
• National Pork Board
• National Water Research Instit.
• Ontario Farm Animal Council
• Ontario Pork Producers Marketing Board
• PIC Inc.
• Ridley Feed Organization
• Syngenta Biotechnology
• Sask. Pulse Development Board
• Sask Pork Development Board
• NSERC
• University of Saskatchewan
• University of Alberta
• Vandeputte
• Zymetrics

• Agriculture and AgriFood Canada
• Agriculture Development Fund
• Ajinimoto Heartland Inc.
• Alberta Agriculture, Food and Rural Development
• Alberta Livestock Industry Development Fund
• Alberta Pork
• Alberta Pulse Growers
• Canadian Agriculture Safety Assoc.
• Candian International Grains Institute (CIGI)
• Canadian Pork Council
• Canola Council of Canada
• Danisco Animal Nutrition
• Distributors Processing
• Degussa
• Elanco
• Elsevier

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• ???? 2Strategic Goal 2 To serve the pork
  industry by maintaining a timely, effective and
  focused technology transfer program

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??????TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER ACTIVITY

• Personal Contact
• Participate in over 20 events in western Canada
• Electronic Medium
• Website, CD version
• Bi-weekly email to 600 subscribers
• Printed Materials creating 64,000 exposures in
  western Canada

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????TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER INITIATIVES

• Enterprise Modeling
• George Morris Centre
• 300-5000 sow enterprises
• Making use of Pork Interpretive Gallery for
  training activities
• Pork producers
• In-house production allows for low cost and
  increased frequency
• Weekly email
• Website design
• Annual Report

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???????????? Push vs.
Pull Communications

• Needs satisfaction selling is based on finding
  out what the customer wants and then positioning
  your product to meet those real and perceived
  needs.

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?????????????PROGRAM SUPPORT Its About More
Than Funding

• Technical services to the pork industry
• Consulting
• Presentations at Meetings
• Phone consultations
• Teaching at the University of Saskatchewan
• Training students An. Science, WCVM, Ag and Bio
  Engineering, Medicine, SIAST
• Bringing world production expertise to
  Saskatchewan
• Production workshops for producer groups
• Being responsive when the need arises H2S
• Serving on Committees Sask Pork, CPC, FACS,
  VIDO, Western Nutrition Conf., NSERC, BPS,
  Symposium
• Special projects Pork Interpretive Gallery
• Hosting international visitors and investors
• Bringing in research investment from around the
  world

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??CONCLUSIONS

• Near-market approach answers practical questions
  and identifies opportunities for the industry
• The Centre utilizes resources and collaborations
  globally to meet objectives
• Results matter, and increasingly include
  financial as well as industry-wide implications
  in addition to reported results