IARN — Driving by any gas station lately becomes as frightening as any horror movie we can see. Prices of regular unleaded are back above that four-dollar level, with diesel above five dollars. That is putting a pinch on everybody’s pocketbook. But what about the farmers who rely on that high-priced diesel to keep their operations going? How can they weather this storm, and what is the situation going to look like going through the year and towards harvest?
I talked with Jay Christie of New Century FS in Grinnell. He said that the advice for the immediate future is, “keep the tanks full.” We don’t know what the prices will be in the months to come.
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Photo courtesy of GROWMARK FS Midwest
