Mission and Vision

 Mission

The mission of the U.S. Pork Center of Excellence is to add value to the pork industry by facilitating research and learning for U.S. pork producers through national collaboration.

With this mission, the USPCE strives to bring resources of all kinds to bear for all pork producers nationwide. Over half of the land-grant universities in the U.S. are partners with the U.S. Pork Center of Excellence, as well as both national pork producer organizations and many state groups as well. With the USDA research agencies, these partners—who are all represented on the USPCE Board of Directors—drive the programs to facilitate collaboration for the benefit of pork producers.

Vision

The vision of the U.S. Pork Center of Excellence is to advance:

  1. U.S. pork production as the world-class standard
  2. A new paradigm for how research is conducted and how information is delivered
  3. Society’s understanding and valuing of U.S. pork producers’ contributions to the economy, environment, community, and to consumer health and well-being
  4. A thriving U.S. pork production industry

The programs of the U.S. Pork Center of Excellence, most of which have research, teaching, and extension components, include:

  1. Coordination of research on focused issues and development of research priorities
  2. A Swine Science Online program that will provide intensive swine production education
  3. The Pork Information Gateway, a virtual center of information development, warehousing and delivery involving the entire pork extension network nationwide