Technically sound production standards for mechanized work are the basis for planning labor costs in agricultural enterprises. Only with their help it is possible to determine the need of the farm for qualifi ed personnel, planned deadlines for performing various gardening and fi eld work, equipment and technologies, expenses for fuel and lubricants, calculate the cost of labor and other consumables. Without certain standards for mechanized work, it is impossible to organize labor correctly, establish the needs for equipment and technologies (its acquisition), choose the best options and determine the main ways to use organizational and technological reserves to increase worker productivity, and promote the progressive development of digitalization in the industry [1].