An important element in managing the economic results of economic entities is the search for reserves to increase labor productivity. The goal is to improve the methodology for calculating the impact of adaptive farming technologies on intensification of labor activity in grain production. Methods – statistical: data on technical solutions, machine systems, types of fertilizers, hydrothermal conditions, yields and areas of wheat crops, the number of workers employed in grain subcomplex-steppe zone of Northern Kazakhstan for 1961-2020. To assess the impact of specific components on the level of working productivity, the methods of regression and index analysis were used. The impact of production factors, including technological innovations, on the change in the criterion of beneficial effect in agricultural sector is quite accurately calculated by the proposed methods and procedures. Results – it has been determined that adaptive opportunities for obtaining agricultural products have a positive effect on increasing profitability and profi tability in agroindustrial complex. The expansion of the range of indicators and the tasks set makes it possible to make calculations with even greater reliability and accuracy. However, it should be borne in mind that the system of statistical accounting in countries with transit economies is at the stage of improvement. Conclusions – since the sixties, labor productivity in grain industry has undergone significant changes. Its growth rates differed in different time periods. Until the end of the last century, the indicator changed relatively slowly. A jump-like growth of more than two times was observed in the 2000s, due to a number of reasons, primarily the use of resource-saving mechanisms adapted to real external conditions and high-performance machines.