Spring storm brings rain and wind Tuesday into Wednesday

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Last week's powerful windstorm
interrupted a favorable week for finishing up the fall harvest in
Minnesota.

 for Minnesota, the U.S.
Department of Agriculture said Monday that saturated fields have
slowed progress for some producers.


      But the report also says Minnesota's corn crop advanced to 87
percent harvested by Sunday, up 10 percentage points from a week
earlier. That's well ahead of the 11 percent last year at this time
and the five-year average of 60 percent.


      The sunflower harvest advanced 3 percentage points from the
previous week to 94 percent, compared with 23 percent last year and
a 60-percent average.

Minn. soybean, sugarbeet harvests nearly finished

Warm, dry weather speeds Minnesota corn harvest

Corn and soybean harvests starting in Minnesota

Last week's powerful windstorm
interrupted a favorable week for finishing up the fall harvest in
Minnesota.


Windstorm interrupts favorable harvest weather

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