The effect of some natural and economic and organizational factors on the share of fodder crops in the crop structure on the Kujawy and Pomorze Province, Poland. The research covered 127 municipalities and communes for which the analysis of spatial distribution of 4 species of fodder cereals (oat, triticale, cereal mixtures and maize grown for grain) and groups of fodder crops was made. It was observed that the share of fodder crops in the cropland structure in the communes of the Kujawy and Pomorze Province varied significantly. The greatest spatial variation was observed for the cultivation of maize and oat and lowest for triticale and fodder crops. The greatest share of oat in the cropland structure was recorded in the regions of low soil quality and, at the same time, low livestock density and relatively high farm acreage. Triticale and cereal mixtures in the cropland structure occurred especially on soils of lower agricultural quality, located in the regions of better-developed animal farming, mostly pigs. Fodder crops occur on arable land more abundantly wherever cattle farming was more developed and where, at the same time, the farms were relatively large. The soil quality, however, does not define the regions for this group of crops, similarly as the cultivation of maize for grain.
