Particle production studies at LHCb

Although optimized for b-physics, LHCb with its unique angular coverage 2 < $\eta$ < 5 is also able to contribute significantly to the understanding of the hadron production mechanism in high energy collisions. Here, the first data particle production studies at LHCb are reviewed including $K_0^S$ and $\phi$ production cross section, and measurements of the production ratios of $\bar{\Lambda}/\Lambda, \bar{\Lambda}/K^0_S, \bar{p}/p.$