US farmers resort to extremes amid rising diesel prices: ‘Barely, barely getting by’
via theguardian.com
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US war with Iran drives diesel fuel prices up during spring planting season, ‘hitting us at the wrong time’, farmers say It has been a tough few years for American farmers. Squeezed last year by tariffs, they lost an estimated $34.6bn when former trade partners stopped buying. Now, the war with Iran has not only […]