As harvest season kicks into high gear ahead of an expected cool down this week, Door and Kewaunee County farmers are still waiting to find out what effect last month's devastating wind storm in Iowa will have on crop prices. The derecho produced winds well over 100 miles per hour over a large part of the state's growing acreage. The gusts were stirred up for hours, bursting grain bins, and causing enough damage to garner a state of emergency declaration. Agriculture agent Aerica Bjurstrom says it is still too soon to tell how much of that crop was lost.

Prior to the Iowa storm, predictions were for a record corn harvest across the country. Area farmers are over three weeks ahead of last year's schedule. Many are already making plans to do a second planting season, growing cover crops throughout the winter to help reduce soil erosion.