Prospects for the development of crop production in the context of digitalization of the agro-industrial complex

The study conducted by the authors showed that the basis for the formation of the region's export potential is, first of all, its resource, production and labor potential. To achieve the maximum result, for the region it is necessary to have a sufficiently developed infrastructure, the consumer market is to satisfy domestic demand, and there should be an ability to use modern technologies. All this will allow producing competitive products for sale on the foreign market. Evaluating the region's export potential in recent years, it should be noted that the import dynamics has decreased from 75.4% in 2010 to 58.2% and 48.6% in 2019 and 2021. During the same period, there has been an increase in exports from 24.6% in 2010 to 51.4% in 2021. Climatic conditions determine the dynamics of crop production in the region and affect changes in prices for the main types of agricultural products. Over the past three years, the sown area has decreased by 6.3 thousand hectares (11.8%), the yield by 1.7 c/ha (6.4%), which led to a decrease in the gross harvest by 21.6% (from 2460.8 million tons in 2019 to 1929.2 million tons in 2021). According to the authors, the profitability of production of the main types of agricultural products largely depends on invested funds, interest on loans, which directly affects production efficiency. To do this, it is necessary to solve the following problems: support for economically significant regional programs for the development of sugar beet production; reimbursement of part of the costs of short-term loans for the purchase of Russian agricultural raw materials for primary and industrial processing; reimbursement of part of the costs of agricultural producers for a set of agro-technological works. Obtaining maximum profit is directly related to the food security of the region, so producers are interested in increasing the sown area. The payback period of beets is directly proportional to the yield; it occurs due to an increase in the gross harvest.