Since 2015, the Swine Health Information Center (SHIC) has been advancing research efforts for the U.S. pork industry. Created as a five-year pilot program with funding provided by the Pork Checkoff, SHIC set out to mitigate emerging swine disease threats on behalf of U.S. pork producers in partnership with National Pork Board, the American Association of Swine Veterinarians, and the National Pork Producers Council.
The pork industry recognized the value of SHIC, renewing its commitment in 2021. In 2025, NPB voted to provide $2.5 million to fund SHIC. From 2022 through 2025, SHIC secured $5,041,094 in matching funds and external grants to enhance reach and results. These external funding sources are equal to $0.49 of non‑Checkoff funding for every $1.00 of Checkoff support, directly increasing the return on producer investments and expanding research breadth, SHIC says in a release.
In 2025:
- SHIC contracted $4,434,466 across 32 research projects in 2025, the greatest annual research investment in the Center’s history.
“These funds enable producer‑relevant projects and allow extensive research into swine health-related priorities that fulfill SHIC’s mission,” SHIC notes. “Captured across SHIC’s five pillars, projects encompass domestic and global emerging disease monitoring, targeted swine disease research, swine health data analysis and coordinated communications.” - SHIC received 116 research proposals in 2025 requesting $17.7 million.
“This record number of proposals provides evidence that leading researchers view SHIC as an organization that directly funds and supports impactful swine health research,” SHIC says. - SHIC funded 32 proposals focused on the highest‑priority, highest‑impact projects for producers.
“These projects directly reflect producer and stakeholder input captured through the 2025 SHIC Plan of Work process, which utilized surveys, listening sessions, and Working Group prioritization across five strategic priorities,” SHIC adds. - SHIC’s domestic and global monitoring systems produced monthly domestic and global disease monitoring reports in 2025, providing early warning on threats such as ASF’s return to Spain after three decades, FMD incursions in Europe and Asia, JEV activity, and the spread of New World screwworm.
“This near real‑time intelligence guides on‑farm and industry‑level biosecurity decisions,” SHIC says. - SHIC’s communication platform reached nearly 36,000 individual website visitors, and over 95,000 page views.
In addition, SHIC reached well over 3,000 e‑newsletter recipients, provided more than 60 partner articles, shared five press releases, did over 60 media interviews, hosted three webinars, and published five podcasts, plus targeted outreach to 42 state pork associations with ready‑to‑use swine health content.
“This broad reach ensures that SHIC-driven science and results move quickly from research to practical adoption across operations of all sizes,” SHIC reports. - SHIC serves as an essential component to a successful National Swine Health Strategy, requested by pork producers in March 2025.
“SHIC has been identified as a critical partner in carrying out the priorities of the NSHS being led by NPB and NPPC,” SHIC says.
“SHIC continues to do exactly what producers asked it to do—delivering leveraged, producer‑driven, emerging disease preparedness and tools at scale,” the organization explains. “Building on more than a decade of success and results, SHIC enters 2026 with the same passion and intellectual curiosity it has depended on to serve U.S. pork producers and keep their herds safe.”
Read the full 2025 Progress Report, documenting record producer‑focused research investment, response to requests for proposals, and matching funds.
