SIOUX FALLS (AP) -- This week's U.S. Department of Agriculture crop report says rain and wet conditions slowed row-crop harvesting in South Dakota last week.
Much of the heavier rain fell in the northeast quarter of the state.
Average temperatures last week were from 4 degrees to 10 degrees cooler than normal. Much of the southwest and northwest reached a hard freze last week, while parts of the area from the Missouri River to the James River had a frost.
The 2009 corn harvest was estimated at 2 percent complete as of Sunday. That compares to a five-year average of 11 percent. Sixteen percent of the soybeans were harvested, while the five-year average is 30 percent.
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