Grain yield in Russia in 2023 decreased by 8.4%, to 30.8 c/ha

In Russia, grain yield in 2023 amounted to 30.8 centners per hectare, which is 8.4% less than in 2022 (33.6 centners/ha), Rosstat reported.

The department confirmed the previously published preliminary data on grain harvest in 2023 at 142.6 million tons versus 157.6 million tons a year earlier. Including the harvest of wheat amounted to 92.8 million tons (104.2 million tons), rye - 1.7 million tons (2.18 million tons), barley - 21.1 million tons (23.4 million tons), corn - 14.4 million tons (15.8 million tons).

Rice collected 1.066 million tons (920.1 thousand tons), buckwheat - 1.48 million tons (1.2 million tons), oats - 3.3 million tons (4.5 million tons), millet - 449 thousand tons ( 308 thousand tons). 5.9 million tons (4.6 million tons) of grain legumes were harvested.

Rosstat clarified that these indicators do not take into account statistical data for four new regions.