The presented review article describes a number of some important software products, information systems, and other digital solutions that are extremely necessary for the effective functioning of the agro-industrial complex of the Republic of Belarus in general and animal husbandry in particular. The important global trends in the development of modern agriculture are considered, the benefits received by farmers from the use of various digital technologies are discussed, and the need to accelerate the current pace of introduction of diffirent elements of precision farming and animal husbandry systems into Belarusian agriculture is noted. In the animal husbandry of the republic a number of farms using Smart Farm technology already use robotic milking modules with monitoring of milk quality and the physiological state of animals, which reduces the incidence of cows with mastitis by 25–30 %, increases the time of economic use of animals up to 4–5 lactations. The use of robotic tools for the preparation and distribution of feed mixtures allows us to increase the milk yield of cows by 30–40 %. At the same time, the profitability of products produced using this technology can exceed 40 %. Feed preparation and distribution systems have been developed. On farms with free-stall housing animal husbandry, concentrated feed is normalized by the automated cow feeding station SKA-25 developed by RUE “NPC of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus for Agricultural Mechanization”. The use of a feeding station makes it possible to automate the process of issuing concentrated feed, as well as to monitor the use of high-energy feed through automated process control systems on cattle farms.

The article presents the results of studies on the development and substantiation of methodological provisions for assessing the effectiveness of digital technologies in precision farming, which are focused on the presence of a cross-cutting and cumulative effect from the introduction of precision farming systems, depending on the stages of development of the digital economy.

The article provides definitions of the basic and frequently used concepts in the fi eld of automation of functions and management tasks in the agroindustrial complex. The results of a quantitative analysis of implemented projects for the implementation of IT systems, software products and complex IT services at agricultural enterprises in Russia are presented. The groups(by types of technologies and classes of systems) of the most common IT systems used in the management of agricultural enterprises on the territory of the Russian Federation have been identified. Possible prospects and benefits from the introduction of technologies and specialized information management systems are discussed as modern most important tools for increasing the effi ciency of activities and the existing management system at the enterprises of the agro-industrial complex of the Republic of Belarus.

In the creation of new eff ective systems of corporate management in the agricultural sector of the Republic of Belarus at the moment, the latest advanced information and communication technologies come to the fore. Through the active use of these technologies today it is already becoming possible to perceive and subsequently process huge amounts of information, clear structuring and formalization of the received data, providing switching, routing and high-speed exchange of information and data between the control units (objects) and the control system itself. In connection with the global trend of deep digital transformation of all spheres of the economy and clearly defi ned directions of today’s state economic policy and prospects for the gradual transition to full-format digitalization of domestic agriculture, there is a real need to create modern «digital» management systems in agriculture, both at the enterprise level, and at the district (regional) and Republican levels in order to improve the eff ectiveness of enterprises in the industry. To date, one of the promising tasks in the further improvement of the functioning of agricultural organizations is the development of domestic methods for choosing the best options for digitalization of management of agricultural production and processing enterprises of diff erent organizational and legal forms. The general principles of informatization, digitalization of management processes in agricultural enterprises and the principles of building diff erent basic models of information and analytical systems in order to modernize existing management systems in the fi eld of agriculture have been discussed in the article.

Large domestic agricultural organizations and enterprises of the processing industry (as a rule holdings) of different forms of ownership and with different types (directions) of their activities are quite complex organizational systems, with the same complex system of their management. In improving the efficiency of agricultural and processing industry enterprises, the issues of informatization of management processes, the use of information systems and technologies in the management of large agricultural enterprises and agricultural holdings and other corporate structures are particularly relevant and important today. The tasks of forming new methodological approaches and directions in the optimal selection, implementation and maximum effective use of different information technologies and systems in the agricultural sector are relevant. The main and frequently used concepts in the fi eld of automation of functions and management tasks in the agroindustrial complex have been defined in the article. The results of a quantitative analysis of implemented projects for the implementation of IT systems, software products and integrated IT services at agricultural enterprises in Russia have been presented in the article. The groups (by type of technology and system classes) of the most common IT systems used in the management of agricultural enterprises in the territory of the Russian Federation have been identified. The possible prospects and advantages of the introduction of technologies and specialized information management systems as modern effective tools for improving the efficiency of activities and the existing management system at the enterprises of the agro-industrial complex of the Republic of Belarus have been discussed.