About 1.2 billion invested enterprises of dairy industry of the Sverdlovsk branch in the development of production. This was announced at a special meeting dedicated to the implementation of national projects.

According to the Governor of the Sverdlovsk region, this year will be commissioned 18 dairy farms, and all at different stages in implementing 46 such projects. "Today, the demand for milk is comparable with oil demand", - said the Kuyvashev.

The head of the region noted that the area provides milk to 52%, 2025 it is expected to double milk production in the region, increasing the annual production amounts to 500-600 thousand tons.

In General, food manufacturers in the Sverdlovsk region in the first 10 months of 2014 increased production by 20%. GRP sector of the economy amounted to more than 70 billion rubles.

Earlier it was reported that the Austrian company "birch", which manufactures equipment for the production of cheeses, intends to build on Irbit dairy plant, which is located in the regional property, plant, where it will be possible to produce up to 10 tons of cheese per day.

According to Kuyvasheva, food sector today is a strategic industry for the region. "Sverdlovsk APK required Express modernization and fast substitution in several critical areas of food products", - he stressed.