GREELEY, Colo. -- This week's severe weather has done more than rattle nerves, it's ruined millions of dollars in crops.

Thousands of acres of crops in Weld County were battered by the hail on Wednesday.

Many farmers are now assessing whether to plow things under and plant again, file insurance claims for their losses or hope the crops bounce back.

"There were four to five inches of hail on the ground," said farm owner Alex Karrol.

In the past 20-plus years on this farm, Karrol can't remember a storm like this.

"There's never been a hail storm that has ruined a crop on this farm," said Karrol.

The hail Wednesday pounded what were once lush farms north, west and east of Greeley. Cabbage was torn to shreds, what were once healthy corn stalks are now mere sticks.

"It looked like snow, but it was actually the hail," said Lydia Villegas.

Hail packed in between rows could freeze and kill the corn overnight. If it doesn't, the damage to the stalk might ruin it in anyway.

"It's a wait and see thing. Some people say it's had a good enough start, but I don't know," said Karrol.

"This year, it really hit hard," said Villegas who lives on a farm one mile north of Greeley.