The article is devoted to the formation of financial policy in the field of agro-industrial complex, in its economic and social aspects, the main goals, elements and directions of development at the present stage. The article considers the main directions of financial policy in the agricultural sector using the example of the Volgograd region, which is one of the leading regions of the southern Federal district in terms of agricultural planning, economics and engineering. The article concludes that at the moment, the region has chosen a liberal model of financial policy that offers the maximum package of incentives for agribusiness. At the same time, the article also identified existing problems in the system of formation and implementation of financial and legal policy in the agricultural sector of the region, as well as outlined possible ways to solve them by modernizing the budget process, ensuring the stability of the regional budget and its balance in the long term, improving the efficiency of Executive authorities and stateinstitutions.