Farm Machinery Depots in Technical and Digital Support of Agriculture

Over the years of its existence, farm machinery depots in Russia allowed organizing efficient machine use and bringing the country to a high technological level in agriculture. Nevertheless, at different levels of existence, farm machinery depots tended to go bankrupt and be liquidated due to their narrow orientation. Due to the high financial burden on small and medium-sized farms, farm machinery depots can serve as a technological breakthrough. At the current level of development, farm machinery depots are provided with modern energy-saturated agricultural equipment and modern digital technologies. The development of computer technology and wide access to global positioning systems and geographic information systems led to a new concept called “precision farming” or “coordinate farming.” The use of precision farming allows analyzing the planned and actual costs at each stage of crop cultivation and monitoring production costs. Uncrewed aerial vehicles are actively used in agriculture. First, it allows mapping, monitoring, and diagnostics of fields. However, such opportunities are available to large agricultural producers. To solve the problems of applying innovative technologies in agriculture for various forms of economy, the most promising solution is their interaction with farm machinery depots. Equipping farm machinery depots with innovative technologies will allow for the provision of mechanized services to agricultural producers and the loading in the full cycle of the production process using digital technologies.