Zernograd district is located in the south-eastern part of the Rostov region. In the south, bordering the Krasnodar territory. Area - 2663 km ². Flow through the region following rivers: Gaydamachka, Egorlychek, Kagalnik, Kugo-Her, Ternovaya, Mechetka. Is an area of small business and the processing industry. In 1997 he began to develop Zernograd gas field. District and the city have a large scientific potential - in Zernograd are three research institutes and five schools. Scientists Rostov State Breeding Research Station brought new high-yielding varieties of winter wheat, winter and spring barley, maize hybrids. "Sorghum Research Institute" is the first institution in the country sorghum. On the North Caucasus machine-station being tested agricultural machinery. The favorable climatic and geographic location of the area provides a stable development of agriculture. The district has such large enterprises as JSC "Zernogradgidroagregat", JSC "Mechetinskaya elevator", JSC "Zernograd elevator", CJSC "squaw" stud farm № 157 named 1st Cavalry and others. Only 28 large companies.