In 2008, Agriculture Canada announced a new five-year strategic agricultural research funding program, known as Growing Forward. In 2010, Swine Innovation Porc (SIP) was established to facilitate and co-ordinate swine research across Canada. Agriculture Canada has since renewed three more five-year agricultural research funding frameworks (2013-17, 2018-22 and 2023-28). SIP commissioned an economic impact study based on swine research investments undertaken between 2010 and 2023.