Manitoba’s Research & Development Hub Still Open For Business
April 6, 2022 – Winnipeg, MB – For 47 years, the Prairie Agricultural Machinery Institute has studied, designed, built, and tested machines, machine components and processes. Their scientific approach, coupled with hands-on lab and in-field testing provides real, tangible solutions to client problems. PAMI’s skilled team of engineers, agrologists and technologists are committed to operational excellence through research, innovation, adaptation, and knowledge transfer while also being the voice of the customer.
Manitoba Pork has partnered with PAMI on many important research projects. In 2014, cases of Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus (PEDv) were discovered in Manitoba. PAMI’s team quickly mobilized to assess disease spread, manure application, virus survivability, incubation, and infectivity among others. Subsequent research of Manure Treatment Systems proved valuable to developing capital and operating cost metrics.
In 2019, PAMI designed and built a Disease Response Trailer, a self-contained, transportable system to respond, contain and mitigate disease spread quickly and humanely. This disease response trailer is the first of its kind in the world with patents pending.
Over the years, many things have changed, but one constant remains – PAMI’s passions are firmly rooted in agriculture and their contributions have directly contributed to the growth of the pork industry. Through on-farm research projects like these and many others, working with industry partners from MLMMI, Universities and veterinarians, PAMI has provided this industry with needed information to help guide disease management, production practices and others to ensure a sustainable future.
Accepting the Pork Innovation Award on behalf of the PAMI team was Gary Bergen, Project Manager and Lorne Grieger, Director of Technical Sales. Also in attendance was Leah Olson, CEO and Harvey Chorney, Strategic Advisor.
