It is emphasized that the development of an evaluation method of economic independence of manufacturers able to conduct both basic and expanded reproduction and which would be accessible for practical implementation by the specialists of agricultural enterprises and would be reflecting modern approaches to evaluating the levels of land management efficiency is in a high demand from both a theoretical and practical perspective. A key metric which allows to estimate economic safety of an enterprise is the operating leverage which is classified into the following two types: a price-based and a natural operating leverage respectively. It allows to determine relatively quickly an impact of revenue growth on the total net sales profit of an enterprise. Formulas for their calculation and the inter-relation between the two types of operating leverage are suggested. The work elaborates on a method of gradation of reproduction zones into a basic and an expanded type of reproduction depending on the coefficient of a price-based operating leverage. The given inter-relation is vividly presented on graphs. Based on an example of a specific agricultural enterprise the calculations for determining the above-mentioned zones are performed.

It is emphasized that the development of an evaluation method of economic independence of manufacturers able to conduct both basic and expanded reproduction and which would be accessible for practical implementation by the specialists of agricultural enterprises and would be reflecting modern approaches to evaluating the levels of land management efficiency is in a high demand from both a theoretical and practical perspective. A key metric which allows to estimate economic safety of an enterprise is the operating leverage which is classified into the following two types: a price-based and a natural operating leverage respectively. It allows to determine relatively quickly an impact of revenue growth on the total net sales profit of an enterprise. Formulas for their calculation and the inter-relation between the two types of operating leverage are suggested. The work elaborates on a method of gradation of reproduction zones into a basic and an expanded type of reproduction depending on the coefficient of a price-based operating leverage. The given inter-relation is vividly presented on graphs. Based on an example of a specific agricultural enterprise the calculations for determining the above-mentioned zones are performed.