Implementation trends, mainstream solutions of problematic aspects and growth in the efficiency of dairy agribusiness

Despite the ongoing efforts, dairy agribusiness is still one of the most important and crisis-related areas of the agricultural economy. Milk and dairy products are basic foodstuffs in constant demand and they provide the country's food security. Moreover, in terms of milk, the country's self-sufficiency level should be at least 90%, according to the Food Security Doctrine of the Russian Federation, whereas in recent years it has not reached even 80%. In this study we used general scientific and economic and statistical methods. We revealed the trends in the implementation of the Russian and regional dairy agribusiness and its problematic nature in Russia. This is a decline in the number of dairy herds, and more stagnant in the Orel region, causing not only a decrease in the number of cows, but also in the volume of milk production in dynamics, even against the background of a slight increase in the productivity of cows. At the same time Russia and the Orel region have significant potential for increasing the volume of milk production. A ranked series of distribution of the regions according to the volume of milk production by agricultural organizations in 2020 is presented in this study. The dominant role of agricultural organizations in production potential of the dairy subcomplex of the Orel region is revealed. The analysis of the economic efficiency of the implementation of dairy agribusiness in agricultural organizations of the region showed the unstable profitability of the sale of milk in dynamics but maintaining the ability to keep expanded reproduction at the same time. The practical significance of the research is in giving reasons for mainstream solutions of the problematic aspects and the growth of the economic efficiency of the implementation of dairy agribusiness.