The article discusses the problems of determining the agricultural crops parameters application for calculating the amount which paying compensation in the inappropriate agricultural land occupation case on the growing open ground tomatoes example. The study purpose is to determine the compensation amount in agricultural land misuse case using the open ground tomatoes example. At the same time, the following tasks were solved: - to determine the typical technology for growing open ground tomatoes in the Samara region; - on the basis of statistical data calculate the profitable part of growing open ground tomatoes; - identify the costs main sources and calculate the expenditure amount; - to determine the compensation amount in the case of growing open ground tomatoes with land alternative use in the Samara region. © Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd.