Aidan Connolly is the Founder and President of Agritech Capital, a resource for new and established companies working at the interface of agriculture and technology. With extensive experience in the field, Aidan highlights the main characteristics of a successful professional in our industry. What would you add to that?

Before joining his family's multigenerational business, Phil attended Cedarville University, where he gained his Bachelor of Business Finance in 2015. With that unique experience, he highlights how that journey helps him see the business from a new perspective. Have you had that experience?

Swine farms need to continue to advance technologically if they want to be more profitable in the future. However, one of the biggest limitations of applying new technologies is their costs. Aidan Connolly shares his thoughts on that big issue and where we are now. Do you agree?

As Aidan highlights, most of the new technologies coming to the swine industry are not from the area of agriculture. In this case, it's our job to help these tech companies make that transition and share our main needs in a collaborative way. Do you have that mindset when testing new technology?

One critical skill for businesses to remain profitable for a long time is being able to adapt to the constantly changing world around you to meet the needs of your customers and your employees. Phil, from Hord Family Farms, shares his thoughts on that. Interesting, right?

Phil highlights that he’s noticed a significant difference between those who are still trying to learn, regardless of their age, and those who think they’ve already figured everything out. Successful people in our industry understand that there’s always something new to learn. Are you one of them?

Hord Family Farms has been successful for many years, and in this episode, Phil Hord shares his experience with joining the family farm as part of the fifth generation and what he’s learned from this experience. Have you watched the episode?

The swine industry is in need of applied & novel technologies to save money for both producers and consumers. In this episode, we have the pleasure of speaking with Chris Bomgaars about different ways we can begin to implement technology into the barns and ways we can use it to get the most out of both our pigs and our employees.

"𝘋𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘪𝘭𝘰𝘵 𝘢 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘮. 𝘐𝘧 𝘪𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘰𝘶𝘵, 𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘯𝘦𝘸. 𝘞𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯'𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘺 𝘴𝘰 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘦𝘵 𝘶𝘴 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘪𝘧 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴." - 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀 𝗕𝗼𝗺𝗴𝗮𝗮𝗿𝘀

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻:

1. The biggest gaps in management

2. Improving the communication gap between employees

3. Progressing technology in the ag field

4. Integrating technology in the barns

5. Sorting through data

6. Technologies currently worth pursuing

7. Easy technologies to start with

𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁: Chris grew up in Orange City, Iowa, and in 2008, he saw an opportunity to join the family pork production business. As he began to buy and raise feeder pigs, he saw the writing on the wall; it was time to go big or go out of business. The venture was a success and scaled from about 30 farms to over 350 farms, and started raising over 1.5 million pigs per year (2018). As the company grew, so did the problems from spiking death loss to sinking caregiver morale. In search of an answer to his company’s issues, Chris searched for a market solution, but none existed. That’s when he founded EveryPig, a pig health and production management platform.

𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝗼𝗻 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗣𝗼𝗱𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁𝘀, 𝗦𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗳𝘆 𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗺𝗮𝗷𝗼𝗿 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺.

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Swine farms need to continue to advance technologically to be more profitable in the future. To achieve that, we must encourage the next generation of swine professionals to be open-minded and embrace new technologies. Do you agree?

One key skill for businesses to remain profitable for a long time is being able to adapt to the constantly changing world around you to meet the needs of your customers and your employees. Hord Family Farms has been successful for many years, and in this episode, Phil Hord shares with us his experience joining the family farm as the 5th generation and what he has learned from the experience.

"𝘒𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘳. 𝘐𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘢 𝘣𝘪𝘵 𝘤𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘩𝘦, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘳𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯 𝘯𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘢𝘨𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘭𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘭𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘧𝘪𝘨𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘵." - 𝗣𝗵𝗶𝗹 𝗛𝗼𝗿𝗱

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻:

1. Younger minds entering family farms

2. Keys to keeping a hog operation running for several generations

3. Bringing value to the business in a director position

4. The value in research at production facilities?

5. Transitioning from finance to research

6. Key points

𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁: Philip Hord is the Director of Sow Production and Research and Development at Hord Family Farms where he currently leads the sow production teams, as well as research and innovation initiatives for the business. He is the first of the 5th generation to join the family business. Before joining the business, he attended Cedarville University where he gained his Bachelors of Business Finance in 2015. He also went outside the farm to gain experience in swine farming, interning at both Fair Oaks and Clemens Food Group.

𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝗼𝗻 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗣𝗼𝗱𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁𝘀, 𝗦𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗳𝘆 𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗺𝗮𝗷𝗼𝗿 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺.

The Swine it Podcast Show is trusted and supported by innovative companies like:

- Zinpro (https://zinpro.com/)

- Gestal (http://jygatech.com/)

- AB Vista (https://www.abvista.com/)

- Adisseo (http://www.adisseo.com/)

- Genesus (https://www.genesus.com/)

- Evonik (https://animal-nutrition.evonik.com/en/species/swine/)

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