
Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Trade of the region Inna Pavlenko noted that other pig farms will help compensate for the loss. Merci Agro Sakhalin plans to restore its capacity and livestock, which will help avoid a pork shortage on the local market. The restoration will be funded by insurance payments, and veterinarians have already analyzed the condition of the remaining animals and determined a disposal site for the dead. The preliminary cause of the fire is a short circuit in the heating system. Experts estimate potential MEAT losses at 15% of annual production, and full restoration will take approximately a year.