CONDITIONS FOR EFFECTIVE REPRODUCTION OF THE MACHINE AND TRACTOR FLEET

Abstract

In agriculture, the downsizing of the machinery fleet is still underway, which leads to a violation of the agrotechnical terms of technical operations, incomplete yields, and loss of products. Reproduction of the machine and tractor fleet in agriculture is possible provided there are financial sources: own (depreciation, profit) or borrowed funds. Based on the analysis of statistical data of Rosstat, the Ministry of Agriculture of Russia, publications in scientific journals, etc. the author established that the share of investments in machinery and equipment in the total volume of investments in fixed assets in agriculture in 2017-2019 was 30% less than in the Russian economy as a whole. In the structure of investment financing, the share of own funds was more than 50%, including the depreciation share of about 20%, which indicates that the reproduction mechanism does not work effectively enough. The volume of profit is also insufficient. In 2019, the share of enterprises with a profitability rate of more than 10% (making the reproduction process feasible) amounted to 55%. The high debt on loans (about 7% of the total revenue of agricultural organizations, 136% of the profit in 2019) makes it necessary to provide state support for the acquisition and search for ways to operate the reproduction mechanism more effectively.