In the northern regions of the Omsk region, the possibilities of implementing investment projects for the deep processing of flax are being discussed.

Today, Andrey Shpilenko, Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Omsk Region, is holding a visiting meeting on the implementation of investment projects for the deep processing of flax in the northern municipal districts. As part of the field meeting, the delegation visits Bolsheukovsky, Znamensky and Muromtsevsky districts of the region, meeting with heads of districts, representatives of local administrations and heads of agribusiness.

The delegation included Nikolai Drofa, Minister of Agriculture and Food of the Omsk Region, Evgeny Kovtun, Director General of the Regional Development and Investment Agency, as well as specialized specialists.

Earlier on the agenda of the working meetings, the Agency's specialists analyzed the experience of some regions of the Siberian Federal District in the cultivation, primary and deep processing of flax and developed 4 investment scenarios for the possible implementation of investment projects.

It is worth noting that flax is a valuable technical crop that simultaneously produces two types of products – fiber and seeds. Despite the complexity of cultivation, flax, with a competent and scientific approach, is a profitable crop. The weather conditions of the northern regions of the Omsk region during the growing season meet the requirements of flax for heat, as it is unpretentious to the temperature regime.

As part of the field meeting in the Bolsheukovsky district, the working group visited the Ye.V. Herzog farm and the Slesarev farm. Agrarians are engaged in the production and processing of flax. Currently, the flax has been tanned and laid in the plant on the premises of enterprises. One of the entrepreneurs sells fiber to enterprises in the Omsk and Novosibirsk regions. The delegation will also inspect farms in the Znamensky and Muromtsevsky municipal districts.

"Today we see firsthand how the flax processing plant is organized, we are discussing topical issues of optimizing production in order to obtain better raw materials, as well as the possibility of providing subsidies from the Ministry of Agriculture and Food of the region," said Evgeny Kovtun, General Director of the Omsk Region Development and Investment Agency.

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