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epa01387023 A farmer harvests wheat with a reaping hook in Jiaozhou, eastern China's Shandong province,18 June 2008. More than 18.5 million hectares of wheat, or 80 percent of the total planted area of the crop in China, had been harvested by Saturday, the Ministry of Agriculture said on Sunday. The ministry said more than 80 percent of the crop had been harvested by machines. EPA/WU HONG