Farmer's Yards - Social Initiative for Farmers

A paper on the Farmer's Yards efforts to create an Age-Friendly Environment in Farming in line with @WHO guidelines has been published in the Journal of Agromedicine See here: doi.org/10.1080/105992… This social initiative for older farmers enables active aging & social inclusion

On #NationalAgDay, we highlight that farm succession is about more than paperwork, it’s about people Our Board Member Dr Shane Conway features in American Vegetable Grower, exploring the roles, relationships & dynamics shaping farm transitions 🔗 growingproduce.com/american-veget… #AgDay26

Current IFTN Board Member, @DrShaneConway & former Board Member, Darlene Livingston, were featured on Ireland's national radio station @rte Radio 1 speaking about the transatlantic success of @FarmersYards social initiative for older farmers Listen here: rte.ie/radio/radio1/c…

The @IrishCountryLiv section of last weeks @farmersjournal featured an artcile about Farmer's Yards at Mountbellew Livestock Mart & its subsequent roll out in Pennsylvania 🇺🇸 last year Farmer Patsy Ruane, @DrShaneConway & Michael Fitzmaurice TD interviewed farmersjournal.ie/life/features/…

Register here for the upcoming International Farm Succession Symposium 2026 featuring IFTN founder John R. Baker, Attorney at Law, Iowa, U.S.A. & current board member @DrShaneConway, Atlantic Technological University, Ireland: successionalliance.com/events/interna…

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. 🇮🇪➡️🇺🇸 @DrShaneConway will share insights at the next @AgriSafeNetwork Mental Health Exchange

This year's IFTN Annual Professional Development Conference features an update by @DrShaneConway from @uniofgalway on the transatlantic journey of @FarmersYards, a social initiative supporting farmers in Ireland 🇮🇪 & Pennsylvania 🇺🇸 through the emotional side of farm succession.

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' (@lawlessj) visit to the @uniofgalway last week 🇮🇪🇪🇺 @DeptofFHed @DeptRCD @Researchirel @CASSCSResearch

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…...

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

Last week's edition of the Irish @farmersjournal featured an article about the recent launch of the @FarmersYards 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👇

Congratulations to @uniofgalway on the US launch of their @FarmersYards social wellbeing initiative. Many thanks to Pennsylvania Farm Link for adopting the programme, funded by the Northeast Extension Risk Management Education Center @UDelaware through @USDA_NIFA. 🇮🇪 🤝 🇺🇸 universityofgalway.ie/about-us/news-…

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 @MountbellewAgri @ATU_Mountbellew @AuctionMarkets

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 @FarmersYards @standupfarmer @unitedauctions @H_HGroup @AuctionMarkets

Thanks to @stellameehan for featuring an article about the recent launch of the @FarmersYards social initiative for the farming community in the state of Pennsylvania, U.S.A. on the @AgrilandIreland website. See: agriland.ie/farming-news/s… #agriland @uniofgalway @PAAgriculture 🇮🇪🇺🇸

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 @UDelaware through @USDA_NIFA🇺🇸🇮🇪 universityofgalway.ie/about-us/news-…

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

Our next 'Education Hour' on Jan 16th will feature Holly Mullan, a final-year PhD Researcher at @UlsterUni 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…

[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_Mackenz @DrShaneConway

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 @MarkWalsh89 in this week's edition of @TuamHerald, one of Ireland's oldest newspapers founded in 1837🇺🇸🇮🇪