MODERNISATION PLANS OF EQUIPPING THE SELECTED FARMS WITH TRACTORS

Summary. The analysis covered 50 applications filed to The Agency for Restructuring and Modernisation of Agriculture within the operation concerning modernisation of farms. For 96 % of applicants, the purpose of operation was to improve the production safety including improvement of work safety. Therefore, purchase of tractors was a prevailing objective of modernisation investments. In the researched farms, an average growth of tractors equipment of 0.7 item is planned at the already existing equipment of 1.5 item. In reference to arable land area the equipment rate will raise from 6.0 item·100 ha-1 AL to 8.8 item·100 ha-1 AL. At such low livestock and high share of grains in the sowing structure of average farms, such a high level of investment cannot be fully justified. Especially because the investments con-cern tractors of a higher class of towing power for which the work front is limited. Key words: farm, tractor, modernization, investment