The purpose of this work is to consider and highlight the main problems of introducing digital technologies into the work of agricultural organizations in Russia. Moreover, the main emphasis is placed on the coordination of the practice of using intelligent technologies and the rural contingent. Considered are decrees and resolutions of the Government aimed at the priority development of the agricultural sector of the Russian Federation (RF) through digitalization, for example, the order of the Government of the Russian Federation dated July 28, 2017 No. 1632-r “Digital economy of the Russian Federation”. The infrastructure of rural settlements in the Russian Federation, its state and composition of the population were studied, the shortcomings and problems associated with digitalization in the agro-industrial complex were identified, and ways of overcoming them were simultaneously proposed - in particular, the use of clustering of Russian regions to improve work in the agricultural sector of the Russian Federation, the determination of the main characteristics for carrying out multidimensional scaling both for all territories of the Russian Federation and for agriculture in each region.