A third customer ponders which dog food is the best buy. Nutrena has maybe a little bit bigger bag, but the price is about the same. The customer picks out a 50 pound bag and leaves. Roblin Farm Services also sells livestock supplies, certified seed and fertilizer. Becker says it is hard to know which crops producers will put in the ground this year.
Indecision lingers as spring seeding approaches.
But the incentive isn't there this year. Wheat, canola and barley are a typical part of the crop mix in this area. There were hints from producers here last week that they will be increasing their acres of red spring wheat. At a grain farm south of Roblin, Harvey Simpson pulls a long cardboard box from the cab of his pickup and heads into a machine shed that doubles as a workshop. The box doesn't hold parts for his seeder or for the tractor that will pull it across his fields this spring.