There'll be no new pickups this year, no vacations. Maybe a trip to Fargo to see the in-laws. Dufault says he's willing to tighten his belt yet another notch, scrimp and save, to keep farming. But after five years waiting for a pay-off, he admits it's taken a toll on his family. No, we better wait 'till next year.
Farmers can never have enough in the check book.
Dufault says at times he's envious of people who bring home a paycheck every two weeks, but then he tells himself better times are bound to come. Farmers, we don't look for the everyday rewards or every two weeks. We're willing to scrimp and save for the boom and bust, and it happens. But after five or six years when there's never been that, now there's a little money in the checkbook, so its a little frustrating that way. I'll be all right.