“Your learning has not stopped when you left college, does not stop when you finish your training program, does not stop when you finish whatever it is you’ve done... even if you are in your 30s, 40s, 50s, or 60s, you have to continue to improve your skills and prepare for the future… which is going to be extremely competitive.” – Aidan Connolly.

Our guest is Aidan Connolly, another bright mind of the Global Swine Industry. Aidan is CEO of startup Cainthus and an adjunct professor at University College Dublin and China Agricultural University. He graduated with a bachelor’s degree in commerce from University College Dublin and a master’s degree in international marketing from the Smurfit School of Business, University College Dublin, Ireland. He is also an executive board member of the International Feed Industry Federation (IFIF), the National Chicken Council and the National Turkey Federation, and of the International Food and Agribusiness Management Association (IFAMA).

What you will learn:

• Things that seemed futuristic but are already starting to happen in livestock production;
• What is coming down the pipe and we should watch for, from an innovation standpoint;
• The future of agriculture;
• What separates successful swine professionals from those that are not.

Aidan’s favorite swine-related book: Modern Pig Production (John Gadd)

Aidan’s favorite book unrelated to swine: Sapiens (Yuval Noah)

Edited by Lauro Faccin