MOSCOW, December 25. /TASS/. Gross collection of grain and grain legume crops by Russian farm units of all categories equaled 142.6 mln tons in net weight in 2023, the Federal Statistics Service (Rosstat) reported.

In particular, wheat harvest totaled 92.8 mln tons in the period.

Grain yield went down by 9.5% compared with 2022, according to the report.

The Russian Agriculture Ministry estimated earlier grain harvest in 2023 at 123 mln tons, including 78 mln tons of wheat.

Agriculture Minister Dmitry Patrushev said earlier in an interview with the Komsomolskaya Pravda daily that the ministry had upgraded its outlook on grain harvest for this year to at least 142 mln tons in net weight.