Manhattan, KS – The Swine Health Information Center has released its 2025 Progress Report, documenting record producer‑focused research investment, response to requests for proposals, and matching funds. The National Pork Board approved the report on January 14, 2026, and it is now available at swinehealth.org/plan-of-work. Outlined in SHIC’s grant with NPB, the 2025 Progress Report confirms the Center’s ongoing success for pork producers’ benefit.
SHIC was created in 2015 as a five year pilot program with funding provided by the Pork Checkoff, which was renewed in 2021. In 2025, NPB voted to provide $2.5 million to fund SHIC, affirming the Center’s value to producers whose Checkoff investment funds a significant portion of its operation. In 2025, SHIC celebrated a decade of existence working to mitigate emerging swine disease threats on behalf of US pork producers in partnership with NPB, the American Association of Swine Veterinarians, and the National Pork Producers Council.
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.
With all funds available, 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. 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.
In total, 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. A competitive review process managed by SHIC staff led to selection of the 32 funded proposals approved by the SHIC Board of Directors, ensuring that Checkoff and matching funds are 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’s domestic and global monitoring systems continued to produce 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.
In 2025, SHIC’s communication platform reached nearly 36,000 individual website visitors, and over 95,000 page views, 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.
In addition, SHIC is an essential component to a successful National Swine Health Strategy, requested by pork producers in March 2025 with a report on implementation due during National Pork Forum 2026. SHIC has been identified as a critical partner in carrying out the priorities of the NSHS being led by NPB and NPPC.
SHIC continues to do exactly what producers asked it to do—delivering leveraged, producer‑driven, emerging disease preparedness and tools at scale. 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 US pork producers and keep their herds safe.
The Swine Health Information Center, launched in 2015 with Pork Checkoff funding, protects and enhances the health of the US swine herd by minimizing the impact of emerging disease threats through preparedness, coordinated communications, global disease monitoring, analysis of swine health data, and targeted research investments. As a conduit of information and research, SHIC encourages sharing of its publications and research. Forward, reprint, and quote SHIC material freely. For more information, visit http://www.swinehealth.org or contact Dr. Megan Niederwerder at mniederwerder@swinehealth.org or Dr. Lisa Becton at lbecton@swinehealth.org.
