Chad Bell

FarmWeekNow

High fuel, energy prices push up farm input costs

As a grain farmer and owner of an ag trucking business, Terry Davis is feeling the pressure of volatile fuel prices from both sides. “(Fuel prices) moved so fast that they have put everything in a negative margin,” Davis told FarmWeek. A year ago, the Warren- Henderson Farm Bureau member said he paid $3.50 per gallon for diesel, and in recent months that figure rose closer to $5. “We aren’t able to absorb the cost, so the choice had to […]

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