Rain, Hard Freeze, Highlight Week in North Dakota Agriculture

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — Rain over the past week slowed or halted harvest in some parts of North Dakota, while a hard freeze ended the growing season for remaining crops across much of the state.

The Agriculture Department says in its weekly crop report that the spring wheat harvest is 95 percent complete and the durum wheat harvest about 85 percent done. Both are slightly behind average.

About half of North Dakota's sugar beet crop is harvested, well ahead of the average pace.

Pasture and range conditions are rated 79 percent good to excellent, and stockwater supplies are 98 percent adequate to surplus.