Year Awarded 2022
FFAR award amount $1,150,000
Total award amount $2,300,000
Location Manhattan, KS
Program Wean-to-Harvest Biosecurity Program
Matching Funders Swine Health Information Center & Pork Checkoff
Grantee Institution Swine Health Information Center
Proactively enhancing wean-to-harvest biosecurity will help control the next emerging disease in the U.S. pork industry and improve U.S. swine herd health. Phase 1 of this program identifies subject matter experts and assembles task forces with the responsibility of establishing research priorities. In Phase 2, proposals are solicited to investigate cost-effective, innovative technologies, protocols, or ideas to implement biosecurity during the wean-to-harvest phase of production.