Saskatoon, SK., April 25, 2006: Dr. John Patience, President and CEO of the Prairie Swine Centre wishes to announce the appointment of two members of the Board of Directors at the Centre’s recent Annual Meeting. Joining the Board to fill a seat representing the grains industry is Mr. Arlee McGrath from Leroy SK. Representing the University of Saskatchewan on the Board will be Dr. Bryan Schreiner.

Arlee and Shirley McGrath operate a grain and livestock farm near Leroy, SK. McGrath Farms is an innovative joint venture grain operation involving a strategy of continuous education, marketing a variety of cereals, oilseeds, pulses and nutraceutical products. In 1997, McGrath Farms expanded into the livestock industry with the opening of Sinnett Pork Farm Ltd. Arlee has been a Sask Wheat Pool delegate, Saskatchewan Crop Insurance Board member, and is currently involved with the National APF Review Panel as well as the Saskatchewan CAISP Appeals Group.

Dr. Bryan Schreiner is Director of Research Services and Assistant to the Vice-President of Research at the University of Saskatchewan, positions he has held since 2003. During the previous 21 years, he was with the Saskatchewan Research Council, most recently as Vice-President of the Environment Branch. Dr. Schreiner was formerly a Director of the Canadian Council of Professional Engineers and President of Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Saskatchewan (APEGS). Bryan is an elected Fellow of the Geological Association of Canada.

Eric Peters, a pork producer from Steinbach, Manitoba and a Director since 2003, has been elected the Chair of the Board, replacing outgoing chair Bryan Perkins, a grain and pork producer from Wainwright, AB who served on the Board for 6 years.

Prairie Swine Centre Inc., located near Saskatoon, is a non-profit research corporation affiliated with the University of Saskatchewan, and is recognized globally for its contributions to practical, applied science in pork production in the disciplines of Nutrition, Engineering and Animal Behaviour.