Fiber flax and hemp cultiation, seed breeding and seed production technical equipment

Abstract

The article discusses the issues of technological infrastructure for performing production steps during the cultivation, harvesting and post-harvest processing of fiber flax and industrial hemp in breeding and primary seed production; the current state of production of these industrial crops is covered as well. The main developers and manufacturers of machinery and equipment for breeding and primary seed production are presented. The main problems have been identified in the mechanization of breeding and seed production of fiber flax (shortage of domestic dedicated equipment for the sowing stages [drills having a row spacing of 6 cm and a sowing depth of 2 cm] and harvesting [flax pullers, flax turners, fluffers, and balers]) and industrial hemp: this is mechanization of the sowing and harvesting of crops, since general-purpose machines perform all other production steps (tillage, fertilizer application and crop tending.) The main areas of the development of mechanization of breeding and seed production of industrial crops have been determined.