Diesel in Illinois hit $6.83 a gallon. For a 7th generation farm in central Illinois, that’s $80,000 in fuel costs this harvest — double last year. A new U of I study puts the added cost at $6/acre for corn, $5/acre for soybeans. The Iran war is hitting Illinois farmers at exactly the wrong time.
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Record diesel prices hurting Illinois farmers at height of harvest season
The Illinois farming community is sounding the alarm about the impact of sky-high diesel prices. With diesel prices still at record highs, farmers said they are spending twice as much this harvest sea...