ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Cool, wet weather has slowed down the harvest in Minnesota.

In its weekly crop weather report for the state, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said Tuesday that soybeans were 26 percent harvested as of Sunday, a gain of 7 percentage points from last week. But the soybean harvest is 38 points behind last year and 40 points behind the five-year average.

Minnesota's corn harvest is just getting going, advancing 1 point to 2 percent harvested, which is 3 points behind last year and 13 points behind the average.

Sugarbeet producers made the most progress last week, advancing their harvest 24 points to 47 percent harvested.

A statewide average of only 2.3 days were suitable for fieldwork last week. Average temperatures were 8 to 12 degrees below normal, with overnight lows falling into the 20s, ending the growing season for the state.

Corn was 71 percent mature or beyond, compared with 81 percent last year and a 92 percent average. The corn condition was 72 percent good to excellent, unchanged from last week.

Soybeans were 92 percent mature, 2 points behind last year and 3 points behind average. Sugarbeet condition was unchanged at 70 percent good to excellent.