Yes, Jan there are some dairy farms. Here are some numbers from Oct 99 census of farms done by Secretary of Agriculture in the DR:
Number of cattle:
Raised for meat: 491,800 animals
Raised for milk: 302,379 animals
Dual Purpose (milk & meat) 1,110,222 animals
Total number of cows in DR: 1,904,401 animals
Number of Cattle Farmers (total of all types - they didn't break out milk producers in the data) :
1 to 19 animals: 54,996 people
20 to 99 animals: 10,363 people
100 to 499 animals: 2,880 people
500 or more animals: 417 people
Total number of cattle producers: 68,656 people
Number of cows/farm raised for milk production:
1 to 19 animals: 56,845 cows on this size farm
20 to 99 animals: 68,007 cows on this size farm
100 to 499 animals: 118,951 cows on this size farm
500+ animals: 58,576 cows on this size farm
The #1 region for milk production is the Central zone (comprised of Peravia, San Cristobal, Monte Plata, and Distrito Nacional) with about 28% of production animals.
The #2 region is the Northeast zone (comprised of Duarte, Sanchez Ramirez, Maria Trinidad Sanchez, and Samana) with about 19% of production animals.
Just in case anybody else wants animal information, here are some other tidbits:
The DR has the following populations (as of Oct 99)
Pigs: 538,000 animals
Goats: 163,000 animals
Chickens: 15.2 million birds
Other poultry: 2 million birds
Sheep: 105,000 animals
Rabbits: 55,000 animals
Horses: 180,000 animals
Beehives: 74,000 hives
Another tidbit: the leading import, in terms of $$, into the DR from the EU is NOT motor vehicles, it is milk and milk products.