New stage of the strategy is designed for 2 years. In this period, the RAB will increase the amount of financing Farms in the European part of the country on 15 billion roubles. Additional loan funds would enable the Group companies to create and upgrade a number of industrial facilities. The new capacity will be commissioned before the end of 2021.

Today, Russia is almost fully self-sufficient in food. The industries that retain the potential for import substitution, and hence the need to strengthen the competitiveness of domestic manufacturers, is the production of milk. So, the importance of the development of the dairy industry said the President of Russia Vladimir Putin at meeting on development of agriculture and the food industry on may 20. To compete with foreign refiners on the domestic market Russian companies requires a high management efficiency. Presented the strategy involves a phased development of the Farms, measured and balanced approach.

According to the Centre for industry expertise Rosselkhozbank, the achievement of accelerated import substitution of molokotina requires the input of additional production facilities with a total capacity of 3 million tons per year. GK the Company in the framework of the implementation of a new phase of its strategy, plans to build 3 new cattle breeding complex for 10 650 cows for rearing 18 200 heads in Tatarstan, Kaluga and Moscow regions. The commissioning of these facilities will allow to increase a livestock of dairy cattle Farms by 10% and in 2021 to reach 120 thousand heads of livestock, milk production will grow from 2 to 570 tons per day to 3,300 tons per day, i.e. by 28%. The increase in production Farms will reduce the import of dairy products in Russia by 5%.

To expand the feed base to 2021 group of companies starts construction of 2 feed mills in Novosibirsk and Ryazan regions production capacity of 10 tons per hour of loose feed and up to 2 tons per hour of pellet feed. This measure will allow to stabilize the feed quality.

In terms of the development of processing capacity EkoNiva in the Voronezh region will be built a cheese factory with a production capacity of 2 thousand tons per year and processing up to 60 tons of milk per day. Also in the region, in the small town of Anna, will be modernized dairy plant. The implementation of these projects will increase refining capacity Farms in the Central Federal district with the current 480 tons per day 66%, to 800 tons per day, and expand the range of products.

Another project on creation of processing capacities financing Rosselkhozbank is already being implemented in the Siberian region. The volume of financing amounts to 18.9 billion rubles. In the village of Maslyanino Novosibirsk region is the construction of the cheese factory with a capacity of 1 150 tons of milk processing per day with a total investment of 21 billion rubles. The plant will be equipped with high-tech equipment for the production of hard and semi-hard cheeses. Organized the production of demineralised whey for baby food. The volume of finished products will amount to 145 000 tons, including 36 000 tons of cheese.

"Soon the Russian agricultural Bank will celebrate its 20th anniversary. During this time, with many domestic producers, we passed a way of formation and development, we have accumulated rich expertise. EkoNiva GC also grew up before our eyes. Now it's big business. But there is a lot of work. Need to increase competitiveness, generate competent marketing policy. We do this through joint efforts with the participation of the Ministry of agriculture of the Russian Federation. Now is a good time for a new breakthrough, but it should be balanced. In 2019 for the first time in 7 years increased the consumption of dairy products per capita, the import has also grown, and in the commodity consumption is 29%. Russian manufacturers yet do not feel confident on the market of milk processing, and together the situation can and must be changed. But in addition to financial support is important and assistance in the promotion of products on the shelves," – said the First Deputy Chairman of JSC "Russian agricultural Bank" Irina Gutkina.

"The company will continue to develop as in the traditional regions of its presence, and in the new territories. Over the years, we have achieved leadership in the production of raw milk. Now concentrate on processing to become a fully integrated producer of milk. The principle of our work "from field to counter" allows you to do this and produce high-quality, natural dairy products for our people. Thanks to successful long-term cooperation with Rosselkhozbank, we have already built about 20 rural infrastructure. The new projects will allow to supply the market with four times more production processing, to create about 1 400 jobs", – said the President of GK EkoNiva Stefan Duerr.

At the exit of objects sold on designed capacity is planned to increase profitability on EBITDA from 30% to 38%.

According to the Centre for industry expertise agricultural Bank, the depreciation of the ruble makes imports more expensive and thereby increases the attractiveness of Ukrainian projects. The crisis also increases the likelihood of disruptions in supplies of imported products. In addition, Russia has considerable export potential of the serum, especially in China.

JSC "Rosselhozbank" is the basis of national credit and financial service system of agroindustrial complex of Russia. The Bank was founded in 2000 and today is a key lender to the agriculture of the country, is among the largest and most stable banks in the country in terms of assets and capital, as well as the leaders of a reliability rating of the largest Russian banks.