The article analyzes milk production in the Russian Federation from 1950 to 2019. Within the period under review, we can distinguish the following changing patterns of the indicator: from 1950 to 1990 the average annual absolute growth rate was 0.84 million tons, between 1991 and 2004 there has been an average annual loss of 1.43 million tons, and since 2005 there has been no growth in milk production. The article explains the reasons for the dynamics of the indicator and suggests measures meant to encourage the growth of milk production and achievement of the Food Security Doctrine in the area of rational consumption rates for milk and dairy products that meet modern requirements on healthy nutrition.

The article discusses the advantages of training specialists in economics using specialized software products. The use of the computer programs in the learning process makes it possible to prepare students for solving a variety of practical problems encountered in real economic work, including in production. When using information systems as part of the professional competencies formation, the following goals are pursued: development of the student’s creative individuality; evolution of abstract and algorithmic thinking; analytical skills amplification through training in conceptual data analysis. In some cases, obtaining practical skills is facilitated by the use of specialized software products, including the Project Expert program. The computer program Project Expert is an IT-product designed for simulation of processes occurring in economic systems with an investment component. The main tasks implemented in the program include: determining the effectiveness of investments, forming and structuring projects, conducting empirical experiments to determine the stability of the developed model. Such the software package wide capabilities allow using the whole range of professional orientation situational tasks at various stages of training students-economists. Based on the experience of using the Project Expert software product in training economists at the Samara State Agrarian University, several levels of its application can be distinguished: from practical lessons to graduate qualifying work (dissertation). The IT-technologies use allows the graduate to carry out practical tasks that the employer puts before him in a quality manner and in the shortest possible time. Knowledge of an applied programs wide range provides a universal character of training future specialists in comparison with traditional approaches.

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