Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 22 ISSUE 2
Written by Olga LAVRINA, Elena SHIROKOVA, Irina SHPAGINA, Valeria MAGERA

The purpose of the study is to assess the current state of fixed assets of the agricultural sector in the Penza region and their use. The information resources were the results of scientific research by leading scientists in the field of the use of fixed assets, as well as data generated by the authors on the basis of official statistical materials for the Penza region. For analytical data processing, methods of scientific generalization, systematization and statistical groupings were used. In the course of the current research, indicators of the provision of agricultural organizations with fixed assets were calculated and systematized, and trends in their change were determined. For the period from 2014 to 2020, the indicators of capital ratio and capital-labor ratio of agricultural organizations in the region increased by more than 4 times. In order to identify the influence of factors on the capital ratio per 100 hectares of agricultural land, 125 agricultural organizations of the Penza region were examined and grouped. In the group with the highest capital ratio (5 million rubles or more of fixed assets per 100 hectares of agricultural land), the maximum return on fixed assets is 5.5% and the profitability of production is 17.9%. The article identifies strengths and weaknesses in the use of fixed assets, opportunities and threats. Opportunities to improve the efficiency of the use of fixed assets by agricultural organizations of the Penza region can be achieved through the technical improvement of machinery and equipment, production technologies; focus on the high technical level of fixed production assets; fuller use of available fixed assets.

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