At WCROC we feature a nationally-unique forum for swine research.  On site we maintain conventional and alternative swine rearing facilities, which include a new confinement nursery, conventional farrowing and finishing barns, and deep-bedded group housing systems for gestating sows, lactating sows, and finisher pigs.

Our conventional and alternative facilities are state of the art, enabling our scientists to compare and contrast conventional and alternative rearing methods through a wide range of subjects—farrowing, nutrition, animal management, and animal behavior.

Our swine research and outreach efforts focus on the production of high quality of pork within sustainable systems.  High quality pork requires a keen understanding of swine nutrition.  Our nutrition program monitors the nutritional levels of highly productive breeding sows, weaned pigs and market hogs in a diverse range of housing systems.

Our research faculty include Dr. Lee Johnston and Dr. Yuzhi Li.