Current trends characterizing the attitude of the consumer towards products classified as "healthy eating" very often encourage the complete abandonment of the consumption of meat and meat products due to the possible risks that can be caused to health. The article presents the results of a marketing survey of end consumers of meat and meat products conducted in the form of a panel in a number of cities of the Russian Federation. The risks associated with the use of meat and meat products regarding the consumer's perception of the products of the category "healthy nutrition" are indicated. The directions of the development of the meat and meat products market are considered, taking into account the identification of the main trends caused by the change in the paradigm of consumer behaviour in relation to meat and meat products. The analysis of the main parameters that are priority when choosing products, in particular meat and meat products is carried out. The prospects for the development of this direction are considered, taking into account the change in the paradigm of meat and meat products consumption.
Early diagnosis of the risk of bankruptcy of any organization, including the organization of the agro-industrial complex, is one of the most significant and important problems that require a balanced approach and solution. In modern conditions, the central problem in the Russian economy is the insolvency of organizations. To predict the financial condition of organizations, models for assessing the likelihood of bankruptcy are used. However, in order to achieve higher accuracy of results, it is advisable to constantly adjust the set of indicators and the values of the coefficients of weight influence of each indicator, taking into account industry specifics. To this end, it is necessary to constantly monitor the financial condition of organizations, which will allow building models for forecasting bankruptcy that are adequate for Russian conditions, allowing for reliable and objective results. The work presents the results of an analysis of the financial condition of agricultural organizations of the Ulyanovsk region using information technologies. At the current stage, approaches and methods that make it possible to assess the likelihood of bankruptcy in advance, predict the onset of financial insolvency of the enterprise are of great interest. The main existing models for predicting the likelihood of bankruptcy, their advantages and disadvantages in relation to agricultural organizations in the region are considered, which generally allows for a comprehensive assessment of their activities.
The study analyzed the financial condition of agricultural organizations by the type of activity "Crop and animal husbandry, hunting and the provision of relevant services in these areas." The main financial coefficients are presented according to the terms of the organizations of the selected type of activity in accordance with the legislative division by revenue - large (with revenue over 2 billion roubles), medium (with revenue of 800 million - 2 billion roubles), small (with revenue of 120-800 million roubles), micro-enterprises (with revenue of 10-120 million roubles), small (with revenue of up to 10 million roubles). The obtained values of financial coefficients were compared with regulatory, with average indicators in the type of activity and in all industries. As initial data, the database of accounting and statistical reporting of Testfirm organizations was used. It was concluded that all organizations have improved financial indicators. Small organizations have significantly improved their financial performance.
The article gives an assessment of the current state and the main trends in the development of the meat market in the USA. Based on statistics from the OECD and FAO, an analysis of the dynamics of meat production and consumption in the United States was carried out. The main factors influencing the formation of supply and demand in the market are determined. The main directions of state support for meat and meat products producers are analyzed. The Covid-19 pandemic has significantly affected meat production, supply chain and meat prices in the United States. Solving the problems caused by the socio-economic crisis requires a systematic approach. The Administration of the US President has tightened regulations on American meat processing enterprises. Government regulation of the meat market is aimed at ensuring compliance with antitrust laws, stimulating competition and supporting American farmers, as well as countering speculation on a pandemic that harms consumers, farmers and ranchers across the country
Within the framework of this study, an assessment is made of the volume of subsidized loans in the agro-industrial complex of Russia. The performance indicators of the use of soft loans by agricultural organizations of the Ulyanovsk region for the period 2016-2020 are considered. The positive role of concessional loans in shaping the dynamics of the industry development, ensuring investment and operational activity in the agricultural sector is revealed. The key aspects of the effectiveness of the implementation of the mechanism for preferential lending to agribusiness enterprises are considered from the perspective of all participants in this process: agricultural producers, regional authorities and authorized banks. The key problems of the implementation of the mechanism of concessional lending to the agro-industrial complex for the period of its operation are identified, among which are: the lag in the growth rate of sales from the growth rate of lending to agricultural enterprises; low efficiency and weak return on bank loans, including those provided on concessional terms; growth of accounts payable of agricultural enterprises. In the context of a record high key rate and increased interest rates on bank loans, a decrease in funding from the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation and changes in the conditions for concessional lending to agro-industrial complex, the problem of revising the current mechanism for concessional lending becomes especially acute.
The final results of the organization's activities largely depend on the quantity, cost, technical level and efficiency of the use of fixed assets: profitability cost of its products, profit, profitability, and financial stability. A radical restructuring of production based on the introduction of a new economic mechanism orients it towards the economically justified use of all its elements, the clear interaction of which, with a rational structure of the means of production, makes it possible to ensure normal economic activity in the new economic conditions. Therefore, for the effective functioning of the enterprise, it is necessary to have certain means and sources. One such source is fixed assets. The reproduction of fixed production assets is an important process of transforming fixed assets, which ultimately determines the state of security and efficient use of these resources in the agriculture of any regional system. The article substantiates the need to study the reproduction process and notes the importance of timely write-off, renewal and technical improvement of fixed assets of any economic entity. The authors assessed the current state, movement and effective use of fixed assets of the agrarian formations of the Ulyanovsk region, supported by research on the sources of financing of capital investments of agricultural organizations in the region and trends in the volume of state support for the reproduction process in the countryside.
Improving the organizational and economic mechanism for the development of peasant farms will allow realizing the entrepreneurial potential in the agricultural sector of the region's economy and make a significant contribution to providing the population of the region with high-quality food products. The improvement of the financial results of peasant farms, the growth of agricultural production and the improvement of the provision of basic types of resources allow us to note the progressive development of peasant farms, which are the main reserve for the development of rural areas. Grouping of peasant farms of the municipalities of the region by the share of income from the sale of crop/livestock products in the total income of peasant farms made it possible to identify their types according to the level of development of income-generating industries, substantiate recommendations for the development of agricultural industries in peasant farms, develop a forecast of their importance in the formation of food resources region.
The state of the environment has a direct impact on the potential development opportunities of the country's economy. Based on official statistical publications, a database of indicators characterizing the ecological and economic security of the municipal districts of the Ulyanovsk region, aggregated into three blocks, was compiled. The normalization of multidirectional and multi-dimensional indicators was carried out by the method of relative differences. As a result of the calculation of integral indices of ecological and economic security, it was revealed that the leaders in this rating are Novospassky (0.70) and Ulyanovsk districts (0.66), the Pavlovsky district (0.34) is recognized as an outsider. By the method of equal intervals, the districts were grouped according to the level of ecological and economic sustainability of development, a cartographic scheme was compiled. The disproportions of ecological and economic development of territories are revealed: 38% of the territory of the Ulyanovsk region is characterized by weak economic development (8 districts out of 21), but only 14% is characterized by a low level of ecological condition (3 districts out of 21). The following methods and techniques were also used in the research process: scientific abstraction, analysis, synthesis, analytical methods, abstract-logical, comparisons, etc.
The article considers the generalized structure of the total damage from a power outage, shows the peculiarity of assessing social and environmental damage, provides a method for determining material damage for large-scale agricultural enterprises using the method of specific damage, taking into account the influence of the factor under study (electricity costs) on the change in the cost of production. When assessing material damage, it is necessary to take into account the consequences of damage to equipment, which includes the following: the need for a complete replacement of failed fixed assets and the need for repair work to restore them. This allows you to define material damage as the cost of fixed assets being replaced, or the cost of their restoration. At the same time, it is necessary to understand that complex engineering and technical systems are used in the agro-industrial complex, therefore, if one element of the system fails due to a power outage, the entire engineering and technical system may need to be replaced or restored, which will lead to a significant increase in material damage. The proposed methodology for assessing material damage from power outages makes it possible to more accurately and adequately assess the impact of this factor on the final results of the activity of agricultural organizations, contributes to the adoption of competent management decisions to minimize such risks, and the effective allocation of resources.
The Russian Federation has great land potential. However, currently there is a reduction in agricultural land, their exclusion from agricultural turnover, transfer to non-agricultural land. In modern conditions, the introduction of informatization and innovations in the production process has become an important factor in the development of agricultural organizations, the effective use and reproduction of agricultural land resources. However, the existing system of indicators for assessing the efficiency of the use and reproduction of agricultural land resources includes indicators of land productivity and composition, but does not characterize this process in terms of information and innovative development. The article proposed an expanded system of indicators of the efficiency of the use and reproduction of agricultural land resources by including indicators of innovative development. The presented methodology for assessing the efficiency of the use and reproduction of agricultural land resources has been tested on the example of the organization of the Nizhny Novgorod region.