I remember a major hailstorm going through north of here about 10 years ago which defoliated everything. The soys did grow back but the yield was reduced. Don't recall how the corn faired but it wasn't good. Sorry for your luck.
ewbeye, Went by Ramsey yesterday, corn don't look to good, kind of like giant grass hoppers got at it. May still make something for you, you just never know. Been one of those years this year. Glad to hear everyone Okay, crops and combines can be replaced. Ilnh p.s. Keep your combine or any thing that has dents out in the hot sun and some of the dents will pop out.
The first thing you should do is call your hail insurance guy if you carry that type of insurance. Regarding your combine, I would be more concerned with damage from sun and rain. The best thing you can do for a combine is keep it under cover.
Here in Texas we have plenty of experience with hail. The soybeans will do ok. You will have reduced yield and the plants will be shorter that usual. Yield reduction will come from fewer pods due to loosing the flowers. In most cases corn will go a head and fill the ear if you still have some leaf area left.
Sorry to hear such about that kind of hail damage. I was in Shelbyville Il that day headed back to IN. I thought the crops looked real good through Il in that area. I'm sure the hail changed the landscape considerably. Beans will come along slowly unless nothing but a stump is there. Corn looked to be past pollination over there. Unfortunately the worst time for hail (not that there is a good time)damage is tassel time. The leaves from the ear up make up the yield. If those have been completely stripped it will not do much at all. Also hail predisposes corn to more diseases. Been there done that! Sorry for the bad news facts, hope things are not as bad as they sound. Did you lose plots tooIJ I bet the the ole' Gleaner winced during that storm!
Sorry to hear about the hail storm. That is just awful. Another bad side effect of stripping the leaves, especially in corn, is weeds. The moisture and sunshine between the rows will allow the weeds to flourish. Also, if the kernals were starting to develop, there will be bruising where ever a stone hit. Hopefully, there will be enough leaf left to allow the ears to go ahead and develop. Good luck.