DETERMINATION OF RESERVES FOR AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION

The paper evidences the essence of land potential in agriculture as well as the methodology of determining the potential levels of land fertility during the production of different crop types based on an example of an existing agricultural enterprise. A method of calculating the coefficient of using the potential land productivity in this field and an index of a potential level of land resources’ productivity as a sum of the actual crop yield and its real reserve of growth is suggested. Presented graphics show the activities of actual and potentially possible gross yield of grain, winter and spring crops, corn and sunflower for the given enterprise.