The natural and technological properties of land and the conditions of the territory are determined by landforms, the contour of the fields and their fragmentation, and a number of other indicators related to the geographical conditions of the area. Their influence on agricultural activity and production is manifested directly through the features of the soil cover. Long-term studies carried out by employees of the Kursk Agricultural Academy have shown that the problem of restoring disturbed lands in the Kursk magnetic anomaly region can be successfully solved. One of the promising areas for the development of disturbed lands is the cultivation of perennial grasses directly on overburden. In the experiments, chalk, sands, soil mixtures, silts of the Jurassic, rocks of the Devonian system were used as a substrate for growing perennial herbs. In terms of chemical composition, these rocks are non-toxic and non-saline, at the same time they are poor in organic matter (0.1–0.4%) and mobile nutrients. The mechanical composition (except chalk) is light. Overburden rocks are characterized by increased bulk density (1.50-2.02 g/cm3 and solid phase density (2.70–2.86 g/m3). According to the four-membered classification of A M Burykin, the studied rocks are conditionally suitable and should be used for afforestation and tinning.

When creating environmentally sustainable agricultural landscapes, an important role is given to the rational use of the lands of the hydrographic fund, especially ravine-gully. These lands experience the greatest erosion load, since water flows from them from the entire catchment area through them. They are more affected by ravines and need reclamation not only from the standpoint of increasing land productivity, but also from the standpoint of protecting rivers and reservoirs from the products of flushing transported through these systems. In addition, the prevention of new ravine formation, the suspension of growth or the reclamation of ravines on these lands will save from the destruction of arable land on the slopes adjacent to the beam network. According to the agro-ecological state of the lands of the hydrographic fund, it is possible to judge the anti-erosion structure of the arable land and, in general, the agrolandscape. In the Central Black Earth Zone, due to the considerable plowing of the territory, the lands of the hydrographic fund are mainly occupied by natural fodder land, the yield of which does not exceed 40 kg / ha of green mass. More than half of the area of these lands is eroded, and about 120 thousand hectares are affected by ravines and practically excluded from agricultural use.

Relevance and methods. The article addresses the issue of cleaning and disposal of an ever-increasing amount of waste from the milk processing industry. As a result of evaporation, air pollution occurs, and as a result of filtration into the soil — pollution of groundwater and nearby water bodies. Harmful gases emitted by sewage sludge exceed the maximum permissible concentrations, their smell is 4 — 5 points on the scale of organoleptic indicators. Gas generation is not controlled. They constantly enter the atmosphere. The most dangerous of them are sulfur and greenhouse (carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide) gases. The composition of wastewater sludge is significantly affected by the quality of effluents discharged by the enterprise, which, as a rule, consist of: industrial, domestic and water from heat exchange and cooling systems.Results. According to the analysis, the moisture content of bottom sediments was — 29.3–36.4%, inert substances became the main macrocomponents of sediments. They are also part of the mineral part of the soil. Based on the data of a model experiment, it was revealed that the second prototype showed the best results. So, in comparison with the control group in the second prototype, the content of organic matter decreased by 2.14%, while the reaction of the medium became more acidic, the difference was 1.3. There was also a decrease in the concentration of mobile forms of elements: phosphorus by 76.4 and potassium by 4.5 mg / kg, which in percentage terms was 26.6% and 0.6%, respectively. And the content of calcium and magnesium in sludge deposits increased by 14.2% and 10.5%, respectively.