Shlapak M. The Development of Agricultural Machinery Associative Using

Purpose: theoretical generalization of possibilities and the substantiation of the probable development of cooperation of agricultural producers in obtaining access to modern technical means for realization of their main activity, their acquisition and ensuring effective use with the help of organizational structures of the corporate (associative) type. Object: the process of formation and development of associative forms of agricultural machinery use. Research methods: historical-economic, abstract-logical, induction and operationalization of concepts, statistical-economic, analysis of hierarchies, moving average, monographic, correlation-regression analysis, cluster analysis, stochastic modeling, network planning, comparison. Theoretical results: the basis for further enrichment of theoretical and methodical principles and practical recommendations for the development of forms of association use of agricultural machinery has been created. Practical results: scientific and methodological support for choosing forms of association use of agricultural machinery by enterprises of various physical sizes and organizational and legal status, with different resource potential and investment opportunities. Scientific novelty: a theoretical generalization was made and a new solution of the scientific and practical problem concerning the development of associative forms of agricultural machinery use was proposed has been developed. Level of implementation: Agribusiness Development Department of Zhytomyr Regional State Administration, Agroindustrial Company "Grano" Ltd, Association of Farmers and Private Landowners of Zhytomyr Region, ZNAEU. Efficiency: the results of the study contribute to the development of forms of association use of agricultural machinery in Ukraine. Application area: agricultural commodity producers, regional departments of agro-industrial development, Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine, scientific institutes of NAAS of Ukraine, higher educational institutions of the economic profile.