Co-Director of International FARMTRANSFERS Project, Dr Shane Conway from Teagasc Ireland, will present his work on this international collaborative research effort completed by over 18,000 farmers across 13 countries & 8 U.S. states, at our upcoming Annual Conference taking place in Virginia 🇺🇸🇮🇪

We are pleased to announce that renowned farm succession expert John R. Baker, Attorney at Law at Beginning Farmer Center will be in attendance at this year’s IFTN Annual Conference being held in Richmond, #Virginia from June 5-6, 2024.
You can still register here: extension.sdstate.edu/event/internat…

Have you checked out the agenda for this year's International Farm Transition Network (IFTN) Conference taking place from June 5th-6th at Virginia Crossings Hotel & Conference Center, Richmond, #Virginia , U.S. yet? 🇺🇸
There is still time to register here: farmtransition.org/conference/

The next IFTN Training Session, taking place on May 21st at 10am CDT, features Financial Advisor Brian Heying, who will demonstrate how he helps business owners & their families become more efficient with their capital & banking process.
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Register here: extension.sdstate.edu/event/internat…

Handling End-of-Life Issues in Your Legacy Planning?
#AGLEGACY #FarmSuccession #EstatePlanning

View a free recording about addressing end-of-Life issues and other important topics … before time runs out!

AGLEGACY can help: AGLEGACY.org

Western Farm and Ranch Transition Strategies
#AGLEGACY #FarmSuccession #EstatePlanning

#AGLEGACY #FarmSuccession #EstatePlanning

A series of 10 short stories describing ag families struggling with transitioning management to the next generation.

We are pleased to announce Andrew Branan, Associate Extension Professor in the Agricultural & Resource Economics Department at NC State University University as our keynote speaker at this year's IFTN Annual Professional Development Conference in Richmond, Virginia, U.S.A. from June 5th-6th

Just 1 week left to register for the next IFTN Training Session featuring Breian Carroll of Carroll Consultancy & Secretary-General of Ireland's Agricultural Consultants Association (ACA), who will present the Béal Átha na Muice Farm Succession/Well Being EIP Farm Succession & Wellbeing European Innovation Project he led extension.sdstate.edu/event/internat……

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🇺🇸🇮🇪

An article by our Vice Chair, Shane Conway, highlighting the importance of recognising older farmer's invaluable store of lifelong skills and knowledge working the land, that the younger generation actively learn from, has been added to the IFTN website: farmtransition.org/auto-draftrese…

This year's IFTN Annual Professional Development Conference will take place from June 5th-6th at Virginia Crossings Hotel & Conference Center, Richmond, Virginia, U.S.
More info on this event, themed ‘Intergenerational Considerations for Farm Transition', will be announced soon!

The next IFTN Training Session features Breian Carroll, Managing Director of Carroll Consultancy & Secretary-General of Ireland’s Agricultural Consultants Association (ACA), who will present the Béal Átha na Muice Farm Succession/Well Being EIP Farm Succession & Wellbeing European Project he led
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Register here: extension.sdstate.edu/event/internat…
#EIPAgri

An interesting and informative article on Succession Planning for Family Farms in a Canadian context can be found here:
cba.org/Sections/Wills…

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…

Upcoming keynote presentation on the human side of farm succession by our Vice Chair Shane Conway from University of Galway Rural Studies Centre, Ireland.

How are you Communicating with the Next Generation?
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How are you Communicating with the Next Generation?

Happy to see that my work has reached Canadian shores 🇨🇦
It's as equally applicable there as it is here due to our mutual concerns over an aging farming population & the need to ensure older farmer's social & emotional wellbeing whilst stimulating intergenerational farm transfer

Farm Talk Friday:

61 years of farming!!!

Happy to share a success story this Holiday season.

Lessons learned & takeaways from 61 years of farming as they pass the torch to son & grandson.

Some key quotes:

'We kept at it, put the work in, despite our banker telling us