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14 May, 2025

Information message regarding the charitable program "Early Harvest 2025"

The charitable organization "International Charitable Foundation 'Victory Harvest'" announces that the grant project "Assistance to the Small and Medium Farmers of Ukraine," initiated by The Howard G. Buffett Foundation, is starting the next stage of implementation – the harvest of early grain crops in 2025.

Participants in the program can be small and medium-sized agricultural producers of any legal form who need assistance with harvesting early grain crops, and whose total land area under cultivation is:

  • Up to 1500 ha for farms in the Kherson, Kharkiv, Mykolaiv, Zaporizhzhia, Dnipropetrovsk, Sumy, Chernihiv, and Kyiv regions, whose agricultural machinery was destroyed, stolen, or damaged as a result of hostilities;

  • Up to 1000 ha for farms in other regions.

The charitable assistance received from the Charity Organization may be used on land plots owned by the recipient and/or under their use.

The implementation of this stage of the project is carried out by providing agricultural enterprises with temporary free use of agricultural machinery by the Charity Organization, specifically:

Combine Harvesters:

  • NEW HOLLAND models TС5.90 and СХ6.90

  • JOHN DEERE models T670, S770, and S760

Tractors:

  • NEW HOLLAND T5.110 EC S

  • JOHN DEERE 6140B, 6R215, 6195M, 8R340, 8360RT, 8370RT, 8345RT

Transfer Bunker-Accumulator:

  • Kobzarenko PBN – 16

The agricultural machinery is serviced by official dealers in Ukraine and is under maintenance.

To receive charitable assistance, it is necessary to:

  • Fill out all information fields in the CRM system on the website victoryharvest.com.ua 

  • Attach the following documents through the CRM system in PDF format:

    • The appendix of the MPS to the tax declaration

    • The report on the sown areas of agricultural crops according to form No. 4-SG (in one file)

    • Legal documents (charter and/or extract) of the farm, as well as a scanned copy of the application in the established form with the farm’s stamps.

The deadline for submitting applications for charitable assistance to agricultural enterprises is from May 15 to May 23, 2025.

The provision of assets for temporary free use does not imply the receipt of profit or other benefits for the Charity Organization or the recipient of charitable assistance.

Consultations can be obtained via email at victoryharvestua@gmail.com or by phone at +38 098 474 36 51.

ATTENTION!!!

Priority will be given to applications from affected and relocated enterprises in the Kherson, Kharkiv, Mykolaiv, Zaporizhzhia, Kyiv, Sumy, Chernihiv, and Dnipropetrovsk regions.

Applications from other regions of Ukraine will be considered after the distribution of agricultural machinery among the affected farms from the mentioned regions. Priority in providing charitable assistance will be given to farm enterprises that independently form groups for joint use of the machinery.

Applications sent in an unapproved format, without the necessary documents attached and/or without providing complete information required by the foundation, will NOT be considered. Additionally, applications from business entities with a negative track record of cooperation with the foundation in previous periods (failure to comply with contract terms, negligence in handling machinery, violation of operating conditions, returning machinery in unsatisfactory condition, failure to communicate with the foundation regarding the provision of requested information, photo and video reports, etc.) will not be considered.

IMPORTANT FOR RECIPIENTS OF ASSISTANCE!!!

The farm manager is required to be personally present when receiving and returning the machinery.
The contract and material acceptance-transfer acts must be signed exclusively by the farm manager/owner (the machinery will not be provided under power of attorney).

The manager/owner of the receiving farm is required to:

  • Ensure that only specialized personnel with the appropriate permits/certificates for operating mobile equipment and who have completed the relevant safety and technical training are allowed to operate the machinery.

  • Designate an operator for the mobile equipment who will be responsible for its management and operation. The foundation must be provided with the operator's details, including copies of the relevant permits/certificates, and contact phone numbers.

  • Ensure regular checks for technical service and daily maintenance of the mobile equipment, including checking all fluid levels, lubricating according to the manufacturer's recommendations, daily tire pressure checks, and other related tasks.

Recipients are responsible for the delivery of the machinery from the pickup point and its return after the usage period ends. (In certain cases defined by the Charity Program, the Charity Fund may arrange the delivery of the machinery to the recipient at its own cost.)
Recipients will bear the direct costs associated with employee wages for operating the machinery, fuel costs for fieldwork, and other related expenses.

Recipients are also responsible for ensuring that the machinery undergoes periodic technical servicing according to the manufacturer's regulations at authorized dealers in Ukraine, at their own expense.