The priorities of agriculture development in the emerging social and economic conditions are scientific and technological progress and innovative processes that ensure consistent technological and technical renewal of all branches of agro-industrial production. The main goal of innovative development of animal husbandry is to ensure the food independence of the state and meet the needs of the population in high-quality environmentally friendly food. The intensity and specialization of animal husbandry requires the development of fundamentally new technologies, and the existing economic mechanism for activating innovative processes does not provide the necessary pace of their introduction into production. Investments in fixed assets of the agricultural sector of Orenburg region for the period 2017-2021 increased by 93.5%, the share of investments in agriculture increased by 1.58 percentage points and amounted to 3.6%. The costs of research and development in agricultural sciences in the region in 2021 amounted to 255.6 million rubles, which is 44.6% more than in 2017. All this testifies to the strengthening of the innovative development of the industry in Orenburg region in recent years, but there remain insurmountable barriers associated with a lack of funding, with weak technological infrastructure, and a low level of digital literacy in rural areas. The structure of financing innovative and technological measures for the development of animal husbandry in the region is dominated by its own resources, but they are not enough to organize modern competitive production. The shortage of own sources of formation of fixed and working capital has been and remains the main problem of the deterioration of technical means and low rates of innovative transformation of agricultural sectors.