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The head of state instructed the State Control Committee to look into the matter and find out to where the workforce is disappearing. “Find out. Find out in fundamental ways where these people are,” the president urged.

Aleksandr Lukashenko said: “From now on iron, unconditional discipline will become the motto of agribusiness. Labor discipline. Financial discipline. Technological discipline. You have to do what you have to do.”

Speaking about the situation in the sphere of meat animal husbandry, the head of state pointed out that in the last ten years the year 2020 was the most successful one, with nearly 1.76 million tonnes of meat and poultry produced.

The workload of facilities that make meat and sausages was only about 70% in 2022. The workload of facilities that make whole-milk products was as low as 60%. “How many tonnes of milk, meat, and billions of rubles did we fail to get in the end?” the president wondered.

Aleksandr Lukashenko said: “Everyone looks at us and admires us. So let's support this brand. I mean the demand for our products. Particularly products of agriculture. Even Russia admires our products although it is a cutting-edge country. We shouldn't lose it."

The key task in poultry farming is to reduce the industry's dependence on imports, Aleksandr Lukashenko emphasized. So far there has been no alternative to imported chickens for the production of hatching eggs.

"I don't urge you to introduce space technologies in agriculture. Fix the bottlenecks that exist today. Resolve the problems that lie on the surface. And it will be enough for our generation. If you make a promise, act upon it. Continue acting,” the president said.

The head of state stressed that huge investments have been injected in the modernization of the industry. Half of all commercial dairy farms (1,600) are equipped with the most advanced technologies, account for more than 65% of the country's milking herd and more than 70% of milk output in Belarus.

According to the State Control Committee, nearly 16,000 cattle stalls are underequipped. The president instructed the agriculture and food minister, the government, and the oblast governors to equip farms and ensure an increase in the milking herd by the end of the year. He said he would hold them personally responsible for it.

By 2030, Belarus plans to reach an annual production of 10.5 million tonnes of milk – as stated today by Deputy Prime Minister Leonid Zayats...