Changes in agricultural mechanization services in Poland in 2004-2009 Zmiany na rynku rolniczych us ug mechanizacyjnych w Polsce w latach 2004-2009

Agricultural services market is of a great importance for the development of agribusiness. The main goal of this article was to present a regional variation of supply of agricultural mechanization services in Poland in a province cross-section. The time range of the analysis carried out covered the years 2004-2009. In this article are presented among others the changes in the number of agencies offering mechanized services and the level and dynamics of the prices of selected mechanization services in the years studied. As results from the analysis, the number of establishments providing mechanization services for the agriculture in Poland increased in the years 2004-2009 by 33.8%. In the analysed years there was a clear increase of prices of agricultural mechanization services, especially harvesting forage with a harvester.