Research carried out by Dr Shane Conway, Postdoctoral Researcher in the Discipline of Geography’s Rural Studies Research Cluster on the topic of ‘Generational Renewal in Agriculture’, specifically as it relates to the senior generation of the farming community has recently been published in the International Journal of Agricultural Management (please see: https://bit.ly/2x5OfPz). Globally the policy mantra about the survival, continuity and future prosperity of the agricultural sector, traditional family farm model and broader sustainability of rural society seems ultimately to depend on an age-diverse farming population.