Row Crop Harvest Outpacing 5 Year Average

     SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - The harvest of row crops in South
Dakota is well under way, with progress for most outpacing the
5-year average.
     The Agriculture Department says in its latest crop and weather
report that 80 percent of the soybean crop has been harvested,
ahead of last year at 82 percent and ahead of the 5-year average of
64 percent.
     Thirty-eight percent of corn has been harvested, ahead of the
5-year average of 22 percent. And 35 percent of sunflowers are
harvested, ahead of the 5-year average of 17 percent.
     Sorghum harvest is 63 percent complete, ahead of the 5-year
average of 47 percent.
     The week brough 5.9 days suitable for field work, and scattered
rain brought much needed moisture for winter wheat emergence.