PRODUCTION STATUS OF SOYBEANS IN UKRAINE AND IN THE POLTAVA REGION

Abstract

Soy is one of the main strategic cultures of world agriculture. Year after year the interest deepens in this protein and oilseed crop in Ukraine. This article explores the state of soybean production in our country and in the Poltava region. Based on materials from the State Statistics Service the article shows the dynamics of soybean production in Ukraine (2000–2013). According to the Department of Agricultural Development of the Poltava Regional State Administration the sowing of soybean in Poltava region in the last ten years has been analyzed and showed the concentration of the production of this crop in the agricultural enterprises of our region.