Profitability of commercial beetroot seed production in various production methods

Relevance. Currently, Russia's own production of beetroot seeds is insufficient and satisfies the market by no more than 20%, which necessitates the expansion of commercial seed production in order to reduce dependence on imported seeds and increase self-sufficiency for the country's food security. Results. The established point of view on the need to localize seed production in the most favorable regions of the Russian Federation in terms of soil and climatic conditions, as the most effective economic model, has one serious drawback - the limited ability to accommodate the number of crops and varieties due to the need to comply with seed production conditions to ensure the quality characteristics of the resulting seed reproduction material. As a result of an economic analysis of seed production technologies in the organization of various production processes used by agricultural producers in the south of Russia (seed production using seedless technology with a shortened calendar cycle), and methods possible for conducting in other regions of the Russian Federation (a two-year production cycle with the laying of queen cells for winter storage), it is shown that direct production costs per 1 kg seeds with the non-planting method of cultivation are 1.9 times lower than with the transplant method of production., this directly affects the cost of seed material. However, the identification of the positive and negative economic aspects of both methods, with consideration of various options for transplant technology, the possibility of integrating them into the production program of enterprises as a whole to achieve maximum financial results based on diversified business models opens up the possibility of expanding the seed production zone in regions with the possibility of only transplanting beetroot seeds.