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American farmers are struggling, yet diesel prices have hit a record high.

American farmers are struggling, yet diesel prices have hit a record high.

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September 11th, 2026

American farmers are struggling, yet diesel prices have hit a record high.

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Diesel prices have climbed to an all-time high, just as many American farmers need it to power combine harvesters, tractors and other equipment to bring in the country's two largest cropssoybeans and corn.

柴油价格已攀升至历史最高点许多美国农民正需要用它来驱动联合收割机拖拉机及其他设备以收割美国两种最大的农作物——大豆和玉米

This surge in prices has made an already difficult year even worse for these farmers, who are also grappling with rising costs for fertiliser, seeds, and equipment.

此次价格飙升让这些农民本就艰难的一年更加雪上加霜,他们还面临化肥、种子和设备成本上涨的问题。

On September 4th, the price of diesel in the United States hit a record high, as a six-month-long war with Iran disrupted the global flow of fuel, causing the average price of diesel to soar to $5.85 per gallon for the first time.

9月4日美国柴油价格创下历史新高原因是与伊朗长达六个月的战争扰乱了全球燃料流通柴油均价首次飙升至每加仑5.85美元

According to AAA data, prices have risen further since then, with the average reaching $6.05 per gallon on Friday.

据AAA的数据此后价格进一步上涨周五均价达到每加仑6.05美元

"These prices are unbearable," said Paul Mitchell, a professor of agricultural and applied economics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

这些价格让人吃不消,”威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校农业与应用经济学教授保罗·米切尔

"And it's not just harvesting.

而且不只是收割

There's also the transport of everythinghauling grain or silage from the fields to the farm, and then from the farm to where they sell it."

还有所有东西的运输把谷物或青贮饲料从田里运到农场然后再从农场运到他们销售的地方。”

Jason Kurtz is a farmer who grows corn and soybeans near Forest City, Missouri.

杰森·库尔茨密苏里州森林城附近一位种植玉米和大豆农民

According to him, the amount he has paid for diesel this year has climbed to more than twice that of last year.

据他所述今年他所支付的柴油费用已攀升至去年的两倍之多

His combine harvester consumes as much as 200 gallons (about 750 liters) of fuel per day, and he expects to run it continuously for 30 days.

联合收割机每日的燃料消耗量高达200加仑约合750升),而他预计需连续作业30天

In addition, he also needs diesel to power a tractor and several trucks.

此外他还需柴油来驱动一台拖拉机以及多辆卡车

"We have no choice but to harvest," he said in an interview on Tuesday at his farm, located about 90 miles (145 kilometers) outside Kansas City.

我们别无选择只能收割,”于周二在其位于堪萨斯城外约90英里145公里)的农场接受采访时说道

"We have to keep these machines running. We have to burn diesel, and that is undoubtedly eating into our profits."

我们必须让这些机器运转起来。我们必须消耗柴油而这无疑侵蚀了我们的利润。”

Kurtz, 49, said that after having to bear higher costs for fertiliser and chemicals, his financial situation this year was "already very tight".

49岁的库尔茨表示,在不得不为化肥和化学品承担更高昂的费用之后,他今年的财务状况“已经很紧张”。

According to AAA data, diesel prices in the United States are currently 60% higher than when the US and Israel went to war with Iran at the end of February, when the national average was about $3.76 per gallon.

根据AAA的数据美国柴油价格目前比2月底美国和以色列对伊朗开战高出60%当时全国均价约为每加仑3.76美元

Because the war disrupted tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, the cost of crude oilthe main raw material for diesel and gasolinesoared, and prices climbed rapidly as a result.

由于战争导致霍尔木兹海峡油轮运输中断,作为柴油和汽油主要原料的原油成本飙升,价格随之迅速攀升

"Cash-strapped farms are precisely the ones that are most compelled to find ways to cut costs in order to keep operating," Mitchell said.

现金拮据的农场恰恰是那些最迫不得已要设法削减开支以维持运转的农场,”米切尔说

"A considerable number of farms find themselves in this situation."

相当多的农场都处于这种境地。”

Kurtz, who voted for President Donald Trump, said he intends to postpone some farm work until later, when he hopes diesel prices will have fallen.

曾投票支持总统唐纳德·特朗普的库尔茨说,他打算把一些农活推迟到以后再做,届时他有望柴油价格会下降。

"That is precisely one of the benefits of farming," he said.

务农的裨益之一恰在于此,”他说道

"Tomorrow will be different."

明日将会有所不同。”

September 11th, 2026

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