Nature of prices and pricing of agricultural products

Abstract

Introduction. Price permeates all spheres of human life. It is an inherent part of commodity-money relationship in any mode of production. The issues of scientific evidence of agricultural production, in particular price and the process of pricingfor agricultural products have become an important theoretical and methodological problem. The neglect of basic economic laws has led to the development of destabilizing and destructive processes in agricultural production. Price and pricing parameters regulate the playback indicators of agricultural production, provide the link between production and consumption. Their multifaceted nature manifests in this process.

Purpose. The purpose of research is to substantiate the theoretical and methodological positions  and to develop the scientific recommendations for improving pricing of agricultural products in modern conditions.

The method (methodology). The methods of comparison, analysis, synthesis, abstraction, theoretical, historical and logical generalization are used in the study. The dialectic method of investigation has become the methodological basis of the research.

Results. It has been established that the essence pricing of agricultural products can be shown in the aggregate production relations. They arise while determining the value and prices and considering objective regional differences in agriculture. The process of reproduction in agriculture has been made in different natural geographic, resource and economic conditions. Under these conditions, the regional price of agricultural products is an expression of regional value. It is formed as a result of the law of value under the influence of supply and demand. It has been defined the objective need to consider the specific regional conditions of production, which is confirmed by the difference in the number of agricultural products, the production of which consumes the same amount of work.