The article reflects that in the Russian Federation, including in the Saratov region, milk production did not reach the level of 2010. It is noted that overcoming the decline, increasing the output of dairy products, improving its quality characteristics is largely determined by the technical and technological base of the industry. The example of some dairy farms in Russia shows the experience of using digital technologies in dairy cattle breeding. Today, the whole world is moving to a new economic way. The widespread introduction of information and computer technologies (ICT) in all spheres of activity is accelerating. The nature of work and production is changing significantly. Most of the work is done by modern software. A person is replaced by automated systems. Digitalization in agriculture radically changes the methods of farming, the entire production process: not only the qualitative and quantitative characteristics of the products are improved, but also the efficiency of organizing production increases. From this point of view, digitalization of the agricultural economy can be considered a determining factor in its development. The use of ICT allows much faster implementation of all operations, control of all stages of the production process. The transition to digital software, the integration of «cyber physical systems» and «Internet of things» in the production process opens up almost unlimited opportunities for enterprise development. A wide range of modern ICTs are used abroad. The robot program, thanks to its functionality, timely warns the agricultural producer about the current unfavorable situation. In fact, the farmer receives a system that minimizes risks, which gives a lot of advantages to the producer. Today, the most economically and technologically developed foreign countries are leading in digitalizing the economy. First of all, these are the USA, Germany, France, the Netherlands, etc. In the United States, up to half of the country’s farms have moved to a new technological level in agriculture. In Europe, Germany has been at the forefront for about two decades. It uses systems of «accurate agriculture» and «smart farm.» In Russia, this direction is just beginning to develop. In terms of the level of introduction of digital technologies into agriculture, Russia ranks 15th in the world. The article noted that in connection with the low (unstable) profitability of dairy cattle breeding for the implementation of a promising direction in Russia - a robotic dairy farm («smart farm»), it is necessary to solve a set of problems, including the problem of significant state support for commodity producers.