The article presents an analysis of the production costs of lucerne for green forage or hay. It has been found that at prices of production means for the first six months of 1993, net production costs of lucerne for green forage edged up to 5 856000 zl/ha, and for hay 2 675 000 zl/ha. The costs of feed unit for both green forage and hay were similar and equaled 419-456 zl/feed unit.