IMPROVEMENTS IN THE IN-SERVICE AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY AS AN EFFECTIVE FACTOR FOR BETTER EQUIPMENT
Farming equipment in Russia suffers from low energy supply. Some regions of the country manmanaged to stop a sharp decline in the equipment level. These regions have fewer machines that have completed their expected service life and average age. In the Republic of Bashkortostan, the state agricultural enterprise «Bashselkhoztekhnika» is the leading company involved in major overhauls and improvements for agricultural businesses' in-service machinery. The paper highlights that the pro grammes of subsidizing agricultural producers' costs for capital overhauls and improvements in farm machinery have significantly increased the availability factor of tractors and combine harvesters and enhanced their expected service life.