The Sakhalin region is determined to provide themselves with milk by 55% by 2020, the news Agency TASS.

In addition, the availability of local meat producers is expected to grow to 23%, and vegetables – up to 100%. To reach your goals in Sakhalin implemented 29 projects in agriculture with a total value of 11 billion rubles currently Sakhalin agrarians provide the local population with milk only at 30%, meat – only 7%, and vegetables by 80%. The lack of offset imports and supplies from the mainland".

In may, acting Governor of the Sakhalin oblast Oleg Kozhemyako announced that to ensure that 70% of domestic needs of the Sakhalin oblast in milk it is necessary to increase yields more than twice – up to 200 tons per day. Now in the region produce less than 100 tons of milk per day.

Milk production on the island are just a few households. The largest of these SEC "Sokolovsky" and CJSC "Farm Zarechnaya". In the first 584 cows, but there is a possibility to keep up to 1200 head. The second company I want to build a dairy complex with 670 heads. If all expansion plans will come true, on two farms will be 2400 goals.