Winter Wheat Harvest Getting Underway in South Dakota

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — The winter wheat harvest is underway in South Dakota.

The Agriculture Department says in its weekly crop report that 10 percent of the winter wheat in the state has been combined, ahead of zero percent last year at the same time but behind the long-term average of 15 percent.

The crop is rated 7 percent very poor, 22 percent poor, 38 percent fair, 31 percent good and 2 percent excellent.

The state's corn and soybean crops appear to be in better shape. The report says soybeans are rated 76 percent good to excellent, and corn 77 percent in those categories.

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