The article discusses the urgency of the technologically required machine and tractor fleet formation on the basis of re-equipment of the region’s agriculture with new powerful machinery according to a rational type and necessary standards. The assessment of natural and industrial environment has made it possible to specify regional standards of technological need of plant growing in reference units, justify conditional conversion factors, and define the required number of tractors, grain and forage harvesters in physical terms. The actual structure, quantitative and age composition of MTP completed with domestic equipment by 81-97 % is established. The article provides the estimation of the industry's level of equipment with main kinds of machinery, amounting to 84,7 % for tractors and 44-48 % for combines. The tendency of downsizing and reducing of the age composition of MTP, due to incomplete (50-70 %) replacement of decommissioned machines with new ones, has been pointed out. The forecast for updating of the fleet of tractors and combines in the near future has been executed. By 2020 the total number of tractors will have decreased by 8-10 %, their average capacity increasing by 10-12 %. The technological equipment of tractors will drop to 81-82 %, with about 75 % of machinery estimating to be older than 10 years. «Kirovets» wheeled tractors of a new generation of large standard sizes with capacity from 201 to 240 kW and from 240 to 320 kW will form the basis of the heavy utility vehicles. For imported tractors of these size sit will account for no more than 7-8 %. Tractors of medium (120-200 kW) and small (up to 120 kW) standard sizes will be presented mainly by Russian assembly plants. To maintain the equipment status of agriculture with grain and forage harvesters at the reached level, their cancellation should not exceed the updating mainly at the expense of domestic producers.