Analysis of the Cadastral Value of Agricultural Land in Altai Krai

The normative yield and the cadastral value of agricultural lands of Altai krai have been estimated. A total of 123 soils from sod-podzolic to mountain soils in different agroclimatic conditions and landscape elements are characterized. The cadastral value varies in the range of from 17.2 rub m–2 for the leached chernozems to 0.02 rub m–2 for the automorphic typical solonchaks. The increase in the cadastral value is associated with the growth of agroclimatic potential. The highest cadastral value and normative yield correspond to the zone of the podzolized and leached chernozems, dark gray and gray forest soils of the Salair foothills, the lowest cadastral value and normative yield are characteristic of the zone of chestnut soils of dry steppes. According to the median values of specific indicators of the cadastral value in the chernozem sequence, the following dependence can be distinguished: typical chernozems > leached chernozems > podzolized chernozems > ordinary chernozems > southern chernozems. The sensitivity of the cadastral value to degradation processes is shown: soil washout reduces specific indicators of the cadastral value from 5% to 88%; deflation, by 5–92%; salinization, from 13 to 36%; and gleying, up to 66%.