Farmers in the Mykolaiv region were provided with storage bags to store half a million tonnes of grain

A grain storage sleeve. Photo: egritech

Farmers in the Mykolaiv region have been provided with special storage sleeves to store half a million tonnes of grain. This will enable farms to delay selling their harvest whilst purchase prices remain low.

This was announced during a briefing by Volodymyr Afanasiev, chief specialist of the agro-industrial production division within the Department of Agro-Industrial Development of the Mykolaiv Regional Military Administration, according to NikVesti.

According to Volodymyr Afanasiev, farms have harvested a larger crop this year but are unable to sell it in full. Purchase prices have fallen due to operational issues at the ports, whilst the cost of fuel and fertilisers is rising.

«Despite a substantial harvest, the most pressing issue for farmers remains the sale of their produce.» Due to a significant drop in purchase prices linked to the port blockades, farms are unable to sell their produce to its full potential,» said Volodymyr Afanasiev.

Grain silos are large, airtight bags made of multi-layered polymer film, which are used as temporary storage facilities directly on the farm premises. They can be used to store wheat, barley, maize, pulses and oilseed crops. One such bag holds around 200 tonnes of grain.

Additional storage facilities make it possible to delay the sale of grain and wait for a more favourable price.

In August, Ukraine and the UN agreed on assistance with crop storage: international partners announced their readiness to provide up to 10,000 grain sleeves and modular storage facilities. Around 60 per cent of the temporary storage capacity was planned to be allocated to frontline and the most affected regions.

It is worth recalling that in 2026, 2.8 million tonnes of grain were harvested in the Mykolaiv region — 800,000 tonnes more than last year; however, some farms do not have their own warehouses or silos, and part of the infrastructure has been damaged by Russian attacks.