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<strong>Eastern</strong> <strong>Iowa</strong> <strong>Farmer</strong> photos / contributed<br />

Clinton-based Seeser Storage Systems did the repair work on the Seamer’s Goose Lake-area farm. The company’s business increased about 50<br />

percent after the derecho.<br />

affected by the derecho are putting the<br />

finishing touches on revamped grain storage<br />

and are looking optimistically toward<br />

this year’s harvest—and beyond toward<br />

the harvests of the future.<br />

Those with bin damage tell stories,<br />

not only of the destruction caused by the<br />

straight-line wind, but also of what can<br />

be repaired, what can be rebuilt and what<br />

remained.<br />

In Clinton County<br />

Outside of Goose Lake, father and son<br />

Rick and Lane Seamer still tend the land<br />

Rick’s grandfather Henry started farming<br />

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