Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 22 ISSUE 2
Written by Liudmyla HNATYSHYN, Oksana PROKOPYSHYN, Kateryna PYLYPENKO

The research is devoted to studying the problems of fodder production in Ukraine, which are caused by the mismatch between demand and supply, impact of the world grain prices on the pricing processes in fodder production, disparity of prices of agricultural and industrial products, weak innovative activity of enterprises engaged in fodder production, low purchasing capacity of agricultural enterprises and population. It is determined that the balance between demand, supply, competition, state regulation, level of infrastructure development positively influences development of commercial fodder production. The work identifies participants of the fodder market (producers, consumers, intermediaries) and their features. The research outlines the dynamics of fodder production and tendencies of relationship between the volume of fodder production and the stock of agricultural animals and poultry. The authors of the work composed a model of fodder market performance in Ukraine. It is noted that fodder market can be regulated by such instruments as marketing, institutional support, state support, cooperation and clusterization.

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