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Report from the Sustainable Development and Research Committee

Report from the Sustainable Development and Research Committee. Presenters: Rick Bergmann & Mike Teillet April 9, 2014 .

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Report from the Sustainable Development and Research Committee

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  1. Report from the Sustainable Development and Research Committee Presenters: Rick Bergmann & Mike Teillet April 9, 2014

  2. Report from the Sustainable Development and Research Committee ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ Activity Summary: Committee allocated $395,000 for hog industry research in 2013: $95,000 to the Manitoba Livestock Manure Management Initiative (MLMMI) $100,000 to the University of Manitoba (U of M) $75,000 to the Prairie Swine Centre (PSC) $80,000 to Swine-Innovation-Porc(SIP) the National Swine Research Cluster) $10,000 to the Lake Winnipeg Research Consortium

  3. Report from the Sustainable Development and Research Committee ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Activity Summary, Cont’d… An additional $20,000 was allocated in 2013 to the Bruce D Campbell Farm Education Centreat the U of M’s Glen Lea Research Station at the National Centre for Livestock and the Environment (NCLE), for a total of $920,000 over the last decade. Similar amounts have been allocated for 2014, with a greater amount being shifted to SIP.

  4. Report from the Sustainable Development and Research Committee ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Activity Summary, Cont’d… This means that since 1999, Manitoba Pork has contributed a total of almost $8.5 million to independent, third party, swine-related research and institutional development. It is estimated that Manitoba Pork’s $8.5 million has been leveraged into at least $25 million in funding for over 100swine-related research projects over the last dozen years.

  5. Report from the Sustainable Development and Research Committee ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ A partial list of research projects your money has funded in whole or in part: Nutrient management planning for sow operations using extant and new feed consumption models and manure analysis (MLMMI, MRAC, U of M: E Kebreab) Applying manure to defined management zones using precision farming techniques (MLMMI, MRAC, Agra-Gold Consulting & Farmer's Edge Precision Consulting)

  6. Report from the Sustainable Development and Research Committee ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ A partial list of research projects your money has funded in whole or in part, Cont’d… Evaluation of a modular, interior-mounted bio-filter (MLMMI, MRAC, U of M: D Mann, Q. Zhang & L. Connor) Economic assessment of the new environment regulations for the pig industry in Manitoba (MLMMI, U of M: D. Flaten, E. Salvano, C. Grant, G. Johnson, J. Mann) Forms of phosphorus in different manures and their impact on phosphorus runoff and leaching losses from manure amended soils (MLMMI, MRAC, U of M: D Flaten, D Kumaragamage)

  7. Report from the Sustainable Development and Research Committee ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ A partial list of research projects your money has funded in whole or in part, Cont’d… Efficiency of buffer strips in the Manitoba landscape as a best management practice (MLMMI, MRAC, ECOMatters:S Sheppard) Sow longevity (U of M: L Conner, G Johnson, M Nyachoti & B Kemp) Transportation of hogs (Prairie Swine Centre, U of M: H Gonyou, N Lewis, T Widowski, C Dewey, L Faucitano, T Crowe, R Bergeron) Regulation of farrowing by time of feeding (U of M: L Conner, M Nyachoti & M Sheridan)

  8. Report from the Sustainable Development and Research Committee ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ A partial list of research projects your money has funded in whole or in part, Cont’d… Utilizing a settling tank for solid liquid separation of hog manure (MRAC – L Slevinsky, G Plohman, G Racz) Towards anti-biotic free feeding programs for piglets: The role of dietary nucleotides (NSERC, U of M: C Nyachoti) Development of a dispersion based setback distance guidelines for odoursin Manitoba (MLMMI, U of M: Q Zhang)

  9. Evaluation of Manure processing (liquid- • solid separation) technologies in Manitoba • conditions (MLMMI, PAMI: L Grieger) • Phosphorus balance in Manitoba by • municipality (MLMMI, U of M: D Brewin, W Akinremi) • Group sow barn conversion project (MRAC, U of M: L Conner, • Q Zhang) • What to do and what not to do about phosphorous in agro-Manitoba • – the science (ECOMatters: S Sheppard) Report from the Sustainable Development and Research Committee ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ A partial list of research projects your money has funded in whole or in part, Cont’d…

  10. Long term sustainable nutrient management for manure applied to • crops (ongoing, MRAC, U of M, D Flaten) • Sow housing: risk factors & lameness, productivity & longevity in • group & individually housed sows (SIP, U of M, AAFC, L • Conners, N Devillers) • Evaluation & development of standards for swine production • systems (SIP,PSC, L whittington, B Predicala) • Novel swine feeding programs to enhance competitiveness & pork • differentiation: the Cdn feed & pork value chain (SIP, U of • A, U of Guelph, U of S, R Zijlstra, K deLange, E Beltranena, et al) Report from the Sustainable Development and Research Committee ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ A partial list of research projects your money has funded in whole or in part, Cont’d…

  11. Utilization of processed hog manure separation • products in Manitoba (MRAC, U of M: M Tenuta) • Electrostatic space charge system for imporving • barn air quality & preventing airborne transmission • of PRRS (MRAC, U of M: Q Zhang) • Nitrate & phosphorus movement and accumulation from liquid vs • solid manure in cropping systems (MRAC, U of M: W Akinremi) • And many more.... Report from the Sustainable Development and Research Committee ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ A partial list of research projects your money has funded in whole or in part, Cont’d…

  12. Report from the Sustainable Development and Research Committee ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Finding out about these Research Projects The results of all research projects are available through the MLMMI website, MRAC’s website (now called the Prairie Improvement Network), the U of M’s (Ag) Website and of course through links on Manitoba Pork’s Website.

  13. Report from the Sustainable Development and Research Committee ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Canadian Swine Research & Development Cluster (SIP) In May of 2010, Federal Minister of Agriculture (Gerry Ritz) announced $9.6 million in federal funding under Growing Forward, for a new swine research ‘cluster’ until April of 2013. A national swine cluster board was formed, now called Swine Innovation Porc (SIP). MPC is a member.

  14. Report from the Sustainable Development and Research Committee ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Swine-Innovation-Porc (SIP) Canadian Swine Research & Development Cluster, Cont’d… 14 major swine research projects from across Canada were funded, with an additional industry allocation of $2.2 million, for a total of almost $12 million. These project have now all wound down (several of which were mentioned above) During 2012-13, the SIPboard established national research priorities, put out a call for research proposals from across Canada, and is currently entering into the final stages of signing final agreements with researchers and the Federal Government under GF II (2014 to 2018) which we anticipate will formally get underway within a few weeks. - END -

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