The agricultural sector occupies an important place in the economy of Ukraine. Effective functioning of the entire national economy as a whole depends on its development. Investments play a crucial role in ensuring the effective development of agriculture. The problem of attracting and financing investments, their rational use is especially important in the conditions of today's difficult economic situation. The current state of market transformations in Ukraine requires such conditions that would guarantee economic security for investors and ensure innovative development of the domestic economy. The purpose of the article is to study trends and the state of capital investments in agriculture and to justify proposals for their increase. The article analyzes the state of capital investments in the agriculture of Ukraine and the dynamics of the sectoral structure of the utilized funds in the agricultural sector. The impact of capital investments on the economic efficiency of enterprises is analyzed. The main factors restraining the development of investment activities in the regions have been determined In the conditions of the economic crisis, the investment activity in the agrarian sector of the economy deteriorates, as evidenced by the index of capital investments, which reflects the change in capital investments. Thus, despite the increase in the volume of capital investments, the heterogeneity of the index of capital investments is observed. It was established that stimulation of investment processes in agriculture is one of the priority tasks, which requires solving a number of problems at all levels of management. The investment strategy of Ukraine's development should be systematically aimed at agricultural production.