One of the main tasks of agriculture - rapid and sustainable increase in grain production is noted, and the importance of wheat as the main raw material for the baking industry in Russia is presented. The dynamics of indicators of wheat acreage in farms of all categories in Russia is given, and the correlation of indicators of acreage, yield and gross wheat harvest in Russia in 2008-2018 is presented. It describes the production of wheat in the Penza region, shows the structure of sown areas of grain and leguminous crops in farms of all categories of the Penza region, the largest area is occupied by wheat-64.2%. The gross harvest and yield of wheat in the Penza region in 2018 is presented. The forecast of development of the region’s economy in the field of grain processing is given, it is noted that a large-scale investment project is being developed for the construction of a new wheat processing plant in the Penza region.

The current state of sugar beet production in Russia is considered. The dynamics of changes in the acreage of sugar beet in Russia from 2010 to 2019 is presented. The analysis of sugar beet production volumes both in the Russian Federation as a whole and in the context of Federal districts is given. The main region for sugar beet production in Russia is the Krasnodar territory, which produced 10563.9 thousand tons of sugar beet in 2019, which is 20.8% of the total production in the country. The yield of sugar beet by key producing regions in 2019 is presented. The highest yield of sugar beet in 2019 is also in the Krasnodar territory (521.2 C / ha). The forecast of development of sugar beet production in Russia in the near future is given.