Pork Information Gateway
The Pork Information Gateway (PIG) is a FREE, web-based library for the U.S. pork industry.
The PIG online library provides the industry with fact sheets, “how-to” guides, videos and other resources.
The information is categorized by the following categories:
- Production & Management Systems + Animal Behavior & Welfare
- Business Management + Human Resources + Worker Health & Safety
- Swine Health
- Facilities & Equipment + Environmental Stewardship
- Breeding & Genetics + Nutrition + Reproduction
- Marketing + Statistics
- Pork Quality + Pork Safety
- Youth Projects + Small/Beginning Producers (alternative/niche production)
Visit the Pork Information Gateway
P.I.G. Graduate or Post-Doctoral Student Editor Program
The U.S. Pork Center of Excellence will work with up to four graduate/post-doctoral students to serve as year-long editors and content creators for specific categories on the Pork Information Gateway, with the expectation that the faculty mentor/supervisor will oversee student work before final submission to the Pork Information Gateway. Each $20,000 award is to be used by a faculty mentor/supervisor to help support a graduate student or post-doctoral student. The funds are renewable for an additional year upon satisfactory progress.
Click for 2023 Request for Proposals – Pork Information Gateway Graduate/Post Doctoral Student Editor Program
Program Timeline
- Applications open through July 31, 2023
- Notification by August 18, 2023
- Program starts Fall 2023
- Mandatory training session for both the faculty mentor and selected student
- January 2024, mid-point progress report including pathway to update content for specific categories
- May 2024, Final Report and/or future plans for progress
Meet the 2021-2023 Editors:
Student and Faculty Mentor Testimonials
Category: Swine Health and Animal Welfare
- Student: Name: Dr. Gabi Doughan
- Title: Post-Doctoral Research Associate
- University: Iowa State University | Swine Medicine Education Center
- Faculty Mentor: Dr. Locke Karriker, DVM, MS, DACVPM, Iowa State University – Swine Medicine Education Center
Category: Human Resources, Business Management, Worker Health and Safety
- Student: Jorge Yair Perez-Palencia, PhD – Post doctoral Research Associate, South Dakota State University
- Advisor: Dr. Crystal L. Levesque, PhD – Associate Professor, South Dakota State University