Trends in the development of agricultural enterprises in Ukraine as precondition for the formation of differentiated measures of agricultural policy

The purpose of the article – is to determine of tends of agricultural enterprises development in Ukraine based on their segmentation on typical for the aims of the research groups and the establishment of the author’s assessment toolkit as one of the preconditions for the formation of differentiated measures of agricultural policy. Research methods. The dialectical method of cognition and systemic method of research of tendencies of agricultural enterprises development as prerequisites for more substantiated formation of differentiated measures of agricultural policy are the theoretical basis of the article. The results of the research are obtained based on using such main methods as generalization and compare. Three the most significant groups of agricultural enterprises and component of the tools research have been determined based on generalization method. Using the comparison method, the analysis of the performance indicators of the subjects of these groups was carried out. Research results. Trends in the development of agricultural enterprises in Ukraine are considered, three characteristic groups of enterprises are distinguished: farms, conditionally medium agricultural enterprises, with a land use area of 10,000 hectares and large agricultural enterprises with a land use area of more than 10,000 hectares. Scientific novelty. The authors toolkit of research has been formed. It includes the next indicators: number enterprises in groups, the size of agricultural area, the number of employees in plant production and animal husbandry, land supply per employee, average monthly salary, gross output, income (revenue), income per 100 hectares of agricultural land and per employee, level of profitability in plant production and animal husbandry. Practical significance. The results of the article can be used for the elaboration of the differentiated measures of agricultural policy. Tabl.: 4. Refs.: 17.