Lee Whittington, the president and CEO of the Prairie Swine Centre, says despite a lack of profitability the pork industry including producer groups in B.C., Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario and P.E.I., as well as Olymel, Maple Leaf Foods, Sunterra, Highlife and Conestoga have pledged significant dollars to this position.
Lee Whittington-Prairie Swine Centre:
If you know someone who might make a good applicant for the job, I would send them to the University of Saskatchewan or the Prairie Swine Centre web site where they will see the posting for the position
We're looking to shortlist and interview those people in the month of July and early August.
The other area that the industry, I think, will be very interested in is helping us to solicit opinions on our short list of candidates so we will be looking for ways to engage webinars and meet in person some of our short listed candidates.
That will take place over the course of this summer.
Whittington says we need a go to group in science to which the various groups can go to to find out more about pig welfare and pig care and where the research is leading us in those areas.
Source: Farmscape