Regional features and main directions of intensification of Russian grain production

A retrospective analysis of the state of agricultural production in the Russian Federation and two regions - the Kursk and Volgograd regions of agricultural crops for the period 1990-2019 is given in order to identify areas for increasing yields. The prerequisites for an increase in the yield of grain crops by increasing the use of mineral fertilizers have been determined. The expediency of optimizing the use of mineral fertilizers based on the use of the indicator - the rate of application per 1 ton of manufactured products, differentiated taking into account the technologies of cultivation of agricultural crops and soil and climatic conditions - has been substantiated.