Call for Proposals

Ontario Pork is pleased to announce a call for Letters of Intent (LOI) for research projects that focus on the Ontario swine industry and meet the overarching research objectives of:

• Innovation of technology and automation
  • Manure pit cleaning/disinfection methods and infected manure management to mitigate African swine fever *
  • RFID automation improvements for improved sow management
  • Novel technologies to assist with safe and efficient euthanasia of 8-20kg pigs
• Trade policy, economics, and consumer studies
  • Impacts of increased dedication of livestock trailers to U.S. loads only for increased biosecurity
  • Global trade policy analysis and their impacts on the export of Ontario/Canadian Pork
  • Understanding factors contributing to decreasing domestic pork consumption and identifying methods to improve its appeal to younger generations