the fields begin not even in the spring, during the passive season, but in the fall, when it is necessary to fertilize the fields, and hence the first problem, land for flax sowing is often allocated late, and some of these lands do not meet technological requirements, as a result, farmers do not have time to properly prepare the land for the next year, apply a complex of fertilizers and carry out careful soil cultivation, for example, this year flax sowing continued more than '

firstly, the necessary soil preparation in the fall was not carried out properly, secondly, the sowing and harvesting dates were delayed, thirdly, the weed control technology was violated, as a result, three hundred flax was drowned out by weeds, and also overripe due to late hills, due to the fact that the flax was harvested too late, it... as we can see, is too dry, because of this there are two problems at once: firstly, when it is processed, it is not so effective, and secondly, due to the fact that it lies in the field, the seeds crumbled, and they should have been collected only at the plant. the violations became the reason for an inspection by the state control, the heads of the local flax mill make excuses, saying that it is not their specialty to deal with agricultural matters. indeed, in

soviet times , only agricultural organizations were engaged in flax cultivation, now this task has fallen on the shoulders of flax mills, so absolutely all flax processing enterprises in belarus found themselves in such similar circumstances, and as we have seen, in some things are going very well. today, in principle, if 1500. work, then the task is set, 30% of fiber, this is 500 tons of flax fiber to produce, well, in that number we strive for half, so that it was long, 3,500 we can get flax fiber and we get, in principle, we have 900 tons of long flax fiber, state order and 800 tons of short flax fiber, state order, every spring the pruzhany flax mill sows about.

hectare with its own seeds, they harvest 500 tons per season. modern soil cultivation and technology of cultivation, plucking and harvesting bear fruit. it turns out not only to fulfill the state order and provide the arshan flax mill with raw materials, but to earn money on exports in russia and china. there is enough capacity thanks to the large-scale modernization that was carried out in 2011. almost another new plant, which... is twice as productive as the old plant, that is, we have added another 10 thousand raw materials to 5 thousand and in principle we can process up to 15,000, if we include the plant in four shifts, 10 rolls are processed here per hour, this is more than 2 tons, it turns out 160 tons per shift, flax three hundred turns into fiber, there are also lines for the production of both long and short flax fiber, each boil... or roll is assigned

a number depending on its indicators, long from 9 to 15, short from two to six. the director of the plant confirms that flax is a crop that requires special attention. yes, much depends on the weather, but if there is a competent approach to growing, everything will work out. and here the finished products are stored, in such rolls or types. depending on the quality and color, flax is assigned a certain. number, from here the raw material is sent to the arshan flax mill for further processing. some will say that the southern regions have more favorable climatic conditions, and that is why the pruzhany flax mill has such indicators. especially for such skeptics, here is another positive example of a flax processing enterprise, but this time in the vitebsk region. this is the dubrovinsky flax mill, by the way, one of

the largest industrial enterprises for the primary processing of bast crops, but special attention is paid here to the cultivation of flax. we have two long fiber lines and two short fiber lines. and it is also at the dubrovinsky flax mill that there is unique technology for processing flax-trist into cottonized flax, it is made from fiber by means of special multi-stage mechanical processing, as a result of which we obtain fiber with properties close to cotton, therefore it becomes possible to process such fiber on machines and with the help of technology. mainly to russia and china, where it is in great demand due to its unique properties, it is very soft and fiberless, and the cost of such flax is significantly higher than 300

dollars per ton. catonized flax is made from short flax fiber, the demand for which is low, so the bet played. in the life of the enterprise there were both favorable periods, as well as the difficulties of the post-war period, as well as the dashing nineties. last century, but for the last two decades the plant has been developing dynamically is among the leaders in terms of output, by the way, the passive area for flax here occupies 2.0 hectares, and the yield reaches 4 tons three hundred per 1 hectare, when we plant flax, sow, we also need

to carry out many operations, we need to carry out five chemical processes, upon emergence we add zinc, boron, we definitely fight calcium chlorosis, so as not to... weeds, from cereals, in the phase of rapid growth we add microelements and feed everything necessary, closer to the budding phase we add fungicides in seed areas we add boron fertilizer for a larger harvest of seeds, now, as they say, feel the difference, this is the orekhov flax processing plant, not so long ago a lot of money was invested in the modernization of the enterprise, however, due to the fact that the lines are not loaded at full capacity, in plus they never started working here. one of the reasons is precisely the violation of the technology of growing and harvesting flax. as a result , there is not enough seria, the plant is idle.

there were also facts when even the prepared flax was not processed, it is stored for a long time, as a result of which it becomes unusable, also. at this enterprise there are such facts: they still have three hundred of the harvest of the twenty- second year, which has not yet been processed, this is a low-number three hundred. immediately after the harvest, a number from is assigned to the three hundred 0.5 to 3. it depends on the color, length, strength and separability of the shive from the fiber. today, the most important task is to grow high-quality raw materials three hundred, so that three hundred was a high- number plant capacity was maximum for passing. unfortunately, this is not the only negative example in the industry, the president constantly draws attention to shortcomings,

first of all, to the insufficient efficiency of fiber processing. excellent fabrics are made from short fiber, we have seen them, but this is only 30-35%, he processed short. fiber of the best, and the remaining 70 where? there really is something to work on, for example, last year almost 8.00 tons of flax fiber number two, this is a low sample, you can even say, the worst raw material, sold abroad, it turns out that we give it away for pennies instead of processing and selling it at an order of magnitude more expensive. in the development of innovative technologies for processing flax weed. there is no work on processing low-number flax fiber, to make high-quality flax fiber, it is necessary to carry out 39 technological operations, farmers must work hand in hand with scientists, but this does not happen everywhere, as a result we lose where

we need to squeeze, on the contrary, by the way, training of personnel of the branch and control over the quality of work at all stages of cultivation, another order of the head of state. fields in such rolls, they are called flax 300, each weighs from 220 to 240 kg, in total 12 have already been harvested for the season

. on their experimental field of 367 hectares, scientists collect a very good harvest, from four to 5 tons of flax three hundred per hectare, number 1.45 - this is almost the best sample, while the indicator for the republic is 0.98, there is still something to work on here, in 2022, scientists bred a new variety of flax, accent, now it is in the state ... variety of tests, according to scientists, after them this new product will place its accents in

ulnovchestvo. the selection process of the country our institutes, they stand still, it is constantly developing, and we constantly during the year somewhere one or two varieties always issue, as they say, for our country. but, unfortunately, there are also those who do not develop the industry, on the contrary, pull it down. during the control events in the lyubansky district , stacks of spoiled flax were found ; due to the rain, it had seriously rotted, was covered with mold, and as a result, could not be used for further processing; in order to hide the violations, the flax was shipped from the local flax mill to a neighboring enterprise under the guise of waste. as established, the reason for the spoilage of the flax is non-compliance with technological regulations during its procurement and storage. according to the materials of the committee , criminal cases have been initiated against officials of the flax mill. in general, in the republic,

flax mills due to the lack of specialized storage facilities, experts call them shokhs. about 16% of the harvested flax trust is stored in open-air bins. after such storage, nothing good can come of it. another important problem in the industry is the lack of aging equipment. the main facts. affecting the pace of flax harvesting are the low percentage of use of its own machinery and tractor fleet, and this is due to its high wear and tear, long repairs, including current breakdowns, and is also characteristic of all flax mills, this is a shortage of machine operators, due to which the same people work on different types of equipment, as for the equipment involved, in some plants it is impossible to show... it only reaches the third, the main equipment is either inoperative,

or there is simply no time to put it on. despite the fact that, in general, the enterprises of the industry have ensured break-even operation for 2023, the above reasons do not allow flax mills to work more efficiently. today, god forbid, there will be rains, then this will lead to the fact that the quality will deteriorate even more. yeah, and in general , how much more is left to be wiped out? 200 hectares. it is here that fiber is brought to the orsha flax mill from all over belarus. 20 factories bring raw materials here for further processing. in total , about 25,000 tons of flax fiber are processed here per year, and the list of finished products is striking in its diversity from home textiles to branded ones. we artificially age our fabric, soften it, dye it,

various effects occur that were previously with our fabric was not produced, all this became possible after a large-scale modernization of our factory in 2019, and two sewing factories that sew finished products. in total, 2,500 articles of orsha colorings are made here. flax mill is a full-cycle enterprise with two sewing factories. it is the world. leader in the production of flax products. a total of 18 million are produced.