The role of agroholdings in the development of the economies of the regions of Russia

The article analyzes the activities of agroholdings in the regions of the Russian Federation, reveales the factors of the diversity of agroholdings. The article gives the rating of the Russian Federation’s subjects by the number of largest agro holdings by profit, and by the number of largest agro-holdings by profit per unit of area of the subject is cited. It notes that the modern statistics of agriculture operates with indicators of the lower levels (agricultural organizations) without reference to companies, so it does not directly reflect data on agroholdings. A comparative analysis of the Russian Federation subjects in terms of the number of agricultural organizations that are not small business subjects, as well as the area of agricultural land attributable to organizations that are not small businesses. The author revealed the positive and negative consequences of the activities of agroholdings in the Russian Federation. The article consideres the activities of agroholdings, the features of their formation and state support in Belgorod Region in more detail. It notes that the main activities of agroholdings are the most profitable and relatively short payback periods, for example, the production of cereals, sunflower, poultry and pork. In the regions located in close proximity to major markets, vegetable growing is developed.