The article assesses the effectiveness of the agricultural nature management in the steppe and forest-steppe regions of Russia. The study is based on statistical data comparing the actual yield with the potential bioclimatic. Identified areas with varying efficiency of the agricultural prirodopolzo-tion. The vast majority of regions of the steppe and foreststeppe zone has a low ef ciency of agricultural natural resources, actual crop yields in most of the times in the following bioclimatic potential.