Thanks to Richard Halleron for writing a piece for Agriland about my presentation on the social & emotional issues affecting farmers in later life, particularly in relation to the prospect of 'stepping aside' & retiring at Ulster Grassland Society's conference. agriland.ie/farming-news/o…

Sincere thanks to Niamh Nolan for highlighting the Farmer's Yards social initiative for older farmers as a good practice social inclusion in the farming community example during her recent presentation for the University of Galway Rural Studies Centre's monthly Rural Voices Seminar Series.

We are pleased to announce that our longstanding relationship with the International International FARMTRANSFERS Project Project, completed by over 18,000 farmers, in 13 countries & 8 U.S. states, has been strengthened by the inclusion of a new section about it on our website farmtransition.org/international-…

An insightful multi-actor approach experience testimonial by Dr Bram Moeskops, Managing Director of Research Institute of Organic Agriculture FiBL, at our PREMIERE_EU-Project project's Atlantic-North Sea Macro-Region Advisory Panel meeting can be viewed here: youtu.be/ypjuHC83kIA

We are pleased to announce that a synopsis of an article on the IFTN website about the older generation's centrality in the farming community has been featured by Journalist Mark Walsh in this week's edition of Tuam Herald, one of Ireland's oldest newspapers founded in 1837🇺🇸🇮🇪

[SUMMER SERIES]Farm transitions can be fraught with challenges at the best of times. New research offers insights for how existing attitudes towards #succession should change. country-guide.ca/features/you-f… #CdnAg #farmsuccesion #yourfarmyourconversation Corey Mackenzie Shane Conway

Our next 'Education Hour' on Jan 16th will feature Holly Mullan, a final-year PhD Researcher at Ulster University Belfast & Teagasc Walsh Scholar who will present her work on the role of potential 'older' farm successors in the farm transition process Register: extension.sdstate.edu/event/internat…

Happy Christmas to all our followers and best wishes for 2025!

Farmer’s Yards, a social wellbeing initiative for farmers developed by the University of Galway has been launched in the U.S. by Pennsylvania Farm Link, funded by the Northeast Extension Risk Management Education Center at Univ. of Delaware through NIFA🇺🇸🇮🇪 universityofgalway.ie/about-us/news-…

Thanks to Stella Meehan for featuring an article about the recent launch of the Farmer's Yards - Social Initiative for Farmers social initiative for the farming community in the state of Pennsylvania, U.S.A. on the Agriland website. See: agriland.ie/farming-news/s… #agriland Ollscoil na Gaillimhe | University of Galway PA Department of Agriculture 🇮🇪🇺🇸

If you’re home & free on Wednesday, 7-8pm, pop along (online) to our next #GladdenVillage Mart session. Photographer, John Bentley is sharing ‘#Livestock Markets from 1978 - today’. Simply DM for invite Farmer's Yards - Social Initiative for Farmers Jim Smith United Auctions H&H Group plc Livestock Auctioneers' Association (LAA)

A recent article in the Irish Farmers Journal features an overview of the successful Farmer's Yards experience at Mountbellew Livestock Mart and its subsequent adaptation & roll out in the USA by Pennsylvania Farm Link last month Mountbellew Agricultural College 🐂🐄🐏🚜🌲 ATU Mountbellew Livestock Auctioneers' Association (LAA)

Congratulations to Ollscoil na Gaillimhe | University of Galway on the US launch of their Farmer's Yards - Social Initiative for Farmers social wellbeing initiative. Many thanks to Pennsylvania Farm Link for adopting the programme, funded by the Northeast Extension Risk Management Education Center Univ. of Delaware through NIFA. 🇮🇪 🤝 🇺🇸

Last week's edition of the Irish Irish Farmers Journal featured an article about the recent launch of the Farmer's Yards - Social Initiative for Farmers social wellbeing initiative for the farming community in Pennsylvania, U.S.A. (p.19) 🇮🇪🇺🇸 See: farmersjournal.ie/news/news/iris… Selection of pictures from this launch below👇

New research from Ireland exploring the unique mental health challenges facing women in agriculture, including the often-overlooked issue of farm transition.

Excited to announce that Lauren Van Ewyk, CEO of the National Farmer Mental Health Alliance, operating in 🇺🇸 & 🇨🇦, will share expert-led wellness strategies for navigating the emotional challenges of farm succession at our June conference Register here: eventbrite.com/.../internatio…...

We were pleased to showcase our monthly Rural Voices Seminar Series during the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, James Lawless' (James Lawless) visit to the Ollscoil na Gaillimhe | University of Galway last week 🇮🇪🇪🇺 Department of Further and Higher Education @DeptRCD Research Ireland CASSCS Research

This year's IFTN Annual Professional Development Conference features an update by Shane Conway from Ollscoil na Gaillimhe | University of Galway on the transatlantic journey of Farmer's Yards - Social Initiative for Farmers, a social initiative supporting farmers in Ireland 🇮🇪 & Pennsylvania 🇺🇸 through the emotional side of farm succession.

Following its successful pilot in Ireland in 2023, the Farmer’s Yards Social Initiative is now supporting farmer mental health, wellbeing & later-life planning in Pennsylvania, U.S.A. 🇮🇪➡️🇺🇸 Shane Conway will share insights at the next AgriSafe Network Mental Health Exchange