Monograph . — Ulyanovsk: GSHA, 2007. — 143 s. The paper studies the theoretical and methodological foundations of the formation and development of innovative processes of the agricultural sector of the economy, analyzes the current state, main trends and problems of deepening the innovative development of agricultural and processing enterprises. Based on the study of the evolution of the development of innovative processes, the prerequisites for the introduction of innovations, the study of the influence of external and internal factors on innovative processes in the production and processing of milk of the Ulyanovsk region . are studied. The most expedient directions of development of innovative entrepreneurship in production and processing of milk are offered, the organizational and economic mechanism of introduction of innovations is developed. The author developed a promising model for the introduction of innovative processes in the production and processing of milk at the regional level.