Soaring diesel prices take their toll on US farmers in midwest corn belt

Reported by The Guardian World · yesterday 14:00 · Stephen Starr in Dayton, Ohio

Fuel costs are biting for crop growers, trucking firms and a host of other industries as Iran war stokes record pricesJoe Hamilton farms corn and soybeans on 2,500 acres in Indiana’s Delaware county. Next week, when his soybean harvest kicks off, four tractors, two combine harvesters and five…

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