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As American farmers find themselves mired in dire straits, diesel prices have soared to a record high.

As American farmers find themselves mired in dire straits, diesel prices have soared to a record high.

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September 11th, 2026

As American farmers find themselves mired in dire straits, diesel prices have soared to a record high.

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Diesel prices have soared to unprecedented record highs, and it is precisely at this juncture that numerous American farmers urgently need it to power combine harvesters, tractors, and other machinery in order to bring in the nation's two most extensively cultivated cropssoybeans and corn.

柴油价格已飙升至前所未有的历史峰值,而恰在此时,众多美国农民正亟需以此驱动联合收割机、拖拉机及其他机械设备,用以采收该国两种种植规模最大的农作物——大豆与玉米。

This surge in prices has compounded what was already an arduous year for these farmers, who are simultaneously buckling under the mounting costs of fertilizer, seed, and equipment.

此次价格暴涨令这些农民本就举步维艰的一年愈发雪上加霜,而他们同时还承受着化肥、种子及设备成本攀升的重压。

On September 4th, diesel prices in the United States climbed to unprecedented heightsa six-month-long war with Iran had thrown global fuel distribution into disarray, and the average price of diesel consequently soared to $5.85 a gallon for the first time.

9月4日美国柴油价格攀升至前所未有的高位——与伊朗长达六个月的战事致使全球燃料流通陷入紊乱柴油均价首次飙升至每加仑5.85美元

According to AAA data, prices continued to climb thereafter, with the average reaching $6.05 a gallon by Friday.

据AAA数据此后价格续攀至周五均价已达每加仑6.05美元

"Prices like these are truly unbearable," said Paul Mitchell, a professor of agricultural and applied economics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

如此价格着实令人不堪重负,”威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校农业与应用经济学教授保罗·米切尔如是说

"And it isn't confined to the harvest alone.

况且并非仅限于收割环节

There's also the transport of all the inputshauling grain or silage from the field to the farm, and then from the farm to wherever it's ultimately sold."

还有所有物资的运输——将谷物或青贮饲料从田间运至农场继而再从农场运抵其销售目的地。”

Jason Kurtz, a farmer who grows corn and soybeans around Forest City, Missouri, candidly admitted that his diesel expenses for the current year had soared to twice those of the previous year.

杰森·库尔茨,一位在密苏里州森林城周边以种植玉米和大豆为业农户坦言其本年度所承担的柴油开支已攀升至去年的两倍

His combine harvester consumed as much as 200 gallons (750 liters) of fuel per day, and he anticipated having to operate it continuously for a full 30 days.

他那台联合收割机每日的燃油消耗量竟高达200加仑750升),而他预计需连续作业30天之久

On top of that, he also needed diesel to power a tractor and several trucks.

除此之外他还需柴油以驱动一台拖拉机以及多辆卡车

"We have to harvest," he said on Tuesday in an interview at his farm, which lies roughly 90 miles (145 kilometers) outside Kansas City.

我们必须收割,”于周二在其坐落于堪萨斯城外约90英里145公里)处的农场接受采访时如是说道

"We have to run these machines. We have to use diesel, and that is precisely what is eating into our profits."

我们必须开动这些机器。我们必须使用柴油而这恰恰侵蚀了我们的利润。”

Kurtz, 49, candidly acknowledged that, after the costs of fertilizer and chemicals had inevitably climbed ever higher, his financial situation this year was "already quite tight."

49岁的库尔茨坦言,在化肥与化学品的开销已无可避免地节节攀升之后,他今年的财务状况“已经很紧张”。

According to data disclosed by AAA, the price of diesel in the United States is currently 60% higher than it was at the end of February, when the United States and Israel went to war with Iran and the national average stood at about $3.76 a gallon.

根据AAA所披露的数据美国柴油价格当前较2月底美国与以色列对伊朗开战之际已高出60%,彼时全国均价约为每加仑3.76美元

The war disrupted tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, and the cost of crude oilthe principal raw material for diesel and gasolinesoared accordingly, causing prices to climb rapidly.

战争致使霍尔木兹海峡油轮运输中断作为柴油及汽油主要原料的原油成本随之飙升价格因而迅速攀升

"The farms that are strapped for cash are precisely those with no alternative but to find ways to cut costs if they are to keep operating," Mitchell said.

“现金捉襟见肘的农场,恰恰是那些最迫不得已唯有设法削减开支方能维系运营的农场,”米切尔说道

"A great many farms are mired in precisely this predicament."

为数众多的农场正深陷此种境况。”

Kurtz, who cast his vote for President Donald Trump, said he intends to postpone some of his farming operations until later, by which time he expects diesel prices to have eased.

曾为唐纳德·特朗普总统投下赞成票库尔茨表示他打算将部分农事推迟至日后操持,届时他预计柴油价格将有所回落

"The virtue of working the land with one's own hands lies precisely in this," he said.

躬耕垄亩的裨益恰在于此,”他说道

"Tomorrow will be an altogether different matter."

明日必将迥然不同。”

September 11th, 2026

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