Analysis of economic efficiency of sunflower production at agricultural companies of Krasnodar region

An unjustified expansion of sunflower cultivation areas in agricultural enterprises and peasant (farm) farms of the Krasnodar Territory is shown, which does not lead to an increase in yield due to serious violations of cultivation technology, not quite the right choice of varieties and hybrids. The calculation of the economic efficiency of sunflower production for agricultural enterprises of the region is given, which proves that the optimum sowing area should be within 310 thousand hectares; break even yield level is 1.77 t / ha, and high yield - 1.9-2.0 t / ha.