Macra na Feirme and IFAC Partner for Young Farmers Development Groups in Ireland and Europe

Macra na Feirme has announced a new partnership with IFAC Accountants with the intention of delivering more expertise and advice to Ireland’s young farmers. IFAC Accountants will be Macra’s ‘partner for young farmers development groups in Ireland and Europe’. Expertise across a range of areas including financial management, taxation, business planning and budgeting will be made available to young farmers throughout Ireland in 2010 through a series of young farmer meetings.

What is CEJA?

CEJA, the European Council of Young Farmers, is the voice of Europe’s next generation of farmers to the European institutions. CEJA’s main objective is to promote a younger and innovative agricultural sector across the EU 27 and to create good working and living conditions for young people setting up in farming and those who are already “Young Farmers”. CEJA achieves this by acting as a forum for communication and dialogue between young farmers and European decision makers. CEJA comprises 27 young farmer organisations from 21 EU member states representing over 1 million farmers. Macra na Feirme has had two Presidents of CEJA, Larry Fallon and Seamus O’Brien, both former Macra na Feirme National Presidents.

Friends of CEJA Newsletter 2010 Issue 1

Macra's Young Farmers will find CEJA News and Activities, CEJA office visits, CEJA participation in conferences and workshops events along with an Overview of CEJA Activities in 2010 Download attachment

Macra Delegation Attend CEJA General Assembly

A Macra delegation led by President Michael Gowing are currently attending the CEJA (Council of European Young Farmers) General Assembly in Brussels where Macra will officially become full members of CEJA. Read more>>

CEJA position on Agriculture and Climate Change

CEJA’s position paper on agriculture and climate change for the upcoming discussions during the UN conference in Copenhagen. As the voice of over one million young farmers throughout the European Union, CEJA represents the next generation of European food producers, who will be directly responsible for tackling the combined challenges of food security and climate change. They therefore hope that their position paper will be taken into consideration and achieves the attention it deserves. Download attachment

Macra Attend CEJA Seminar Entitled The CAP Beyond 2013

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A delegation from Macra recently attended a seminar organized by CEJA entitled The CAP beyond 2013: Reinforcing the Role of Farmers to Better Meet the Needs of European Society in Seville from the 3rd to the 6th of February 2010. Read more>>

Policymakers try to justify the CAP in Brussels: Who needs it?

Press Release issued from CEJA April 9th 2010 European Young Farmers gathered in Brussels on 7th and 8th April at their General Assembly and Working Groups and met with EU policymakers to address the issue of post 2013 CAP reform. The key question posed to the Chair of the European Parliaments Agriculture and Rural Development Committee, MEP Paolo De Castro as well as other MEP’s and speakers was ‘Who needs the CAP?’. Read more>>

E-Info n°16 from CEJA

CEJA News and Activities and information including an introduction to the new Secretary General of CEJA Ms Pascale Rouhier. Download attachment

E-info 17/2010.

Inside you will find the latest news about the multifunctionality project, as well as an overview of CEJA activities. This week, several meetings have been organised with key European policy-makers in May and June. We will report to you in the next E-Infos. This afternoon, the EPP Group as well as the ALDE Group at the European Parliament are organising separate Hearings on the CAP post – 2013. CEJA is attending these events and will report to you. Download attachment

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Fees reduced by 5%

IFAC Accountants (Irish Farm Accounts Co-operative Society Limited) is owned by farmers with a board of farmer directors and in recognition of the difficult trading conditions that farmers are experiencing the board has reduced fees by 5% on invoices raised after January 1^st 2010 .


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Value For Money Accounts & Taxation Service

IFAC staff are trained and developed to become specialists in providing farmers with an accountancy and taxation service. By specialising in farmer taxation, IFAC has developed an expertise in farm tax which other accountants with a more mixed bag of clients find difficult to match and because of its size, can provide specialist national back-up service which smaller accountancy practices do not have.

Input Into Legislation Changes

Over the years, IFAC has worked closely with Macra and the IFA in order to have legislation changed and to secure reliefs which are individual to farmers e.g. Farm Buildings Pollution Control Allowance, Capital Gains Tax Retirement Relief etc.

Other Services

VAT and payroll through our national team of book-keepers (Recorders) and staff in 22 offices. On-line management reports including Profit Monitor input data.

Financial Management/Bench-Marking

Over the years, the most progressive farmers have been more ready to ask for and to accept help from their advisory services. The quality and cost of the advice they get is governed greatly by the availability of information. IFAC Accountants provides this information at no extra charge in a financial management report which includes bench marking i.e. comparing your results against those farmers with a similar enterprise mix.

Recession and Poor Commodity Price

Now more than ever, specialist financial and taxation advice is critical to the success of your business. IFAC Accountants is available locally to you through our 22 branch office network.

Macra na Feirme & IFAC Partner for Young Farmers Development Groups in Ireland & Europe

CEJA European Council of Young Farmers