Recent discussions in this journal have observed the importance of ‘good farming’ ideals and the subject position of ‘good farmer’ to farming practices. This article explores how farmers (re)negotiate their position as a good farmer in older age. Drawing on Bourdieusian‐inspired discussions of good farming, the article explores the experiences of farmers in Hampshire and West Sussex,UK, over the age of 65, who continue working on their farms. It is seen that remaining ‘in place’ is important to the maintenance of their farming identity, facilitating as it does their ability to continue to draw on the symbolic capital of their farms and their farming history. Alongside this, the way that they perform, and talk about, their day‐to‐day tasks and the symbolically important activities on the farm allows them to counter many of the culturally dominant scripts of ageing. Significant in navigating older age is the embodiment of cultural capital and how farmers both utilise and narrate their ageing bodies. It is concluded that while it does not lead to new symbols of good farming per se, moving into older age does (re)shape how such symbols are developed and utilised.