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Diesel prices hit record highs — the worst possible timing for American farmers

Diesel prices hit record highs — the worst possible timing for American farmers

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September 11th, 2026

Diesel prices hit record highs — the worst possible timing for American farmers

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Diesel prices have reached record highs.

ディーゼル価格が記録的な高値に達している

This comes at precisely the time when many American farmers need fuel to run combines, tractors, and other machinery for the harvest of soybeans and corn, the country's largest crops.

まさに多くの米国農家が国内最大の農産物である大豆とトウモロコシの収穫のためにコンバインやトラクターその他の機械を稼働させる燃料を必要としている時期だ

This sharp rise is making an already difficult year even harsher for these farmers, who have also been facing higher costs for fertilizer, seeds, and machinery.

この急騰は、肥料や種子、機械のコスト上昇にも直面してきたこれらの農家にとって、すでに厳しい年を一層過酷なものにしている。

In the United States, on September 4, as a six-month war with Iran disrupted global fuel distribution, diesel prices reached record levels, surging to an average of $5.85 per gallon for the first time.

米国では9月4日イランとの6か月にわたる戦争が世界の燃料流通を混乱させる中ディーゼル価格が記録的水準に達し初めて1ガロン当たり平均5.85ドルまで急騰した

They continued to rise thereafter, and according to AAA, by Friday they had reached an average of $6.05.

その後も上昇を続けAAAによると金曜日には平均6.05ドルに達した

"Pricing like this is a major blow," said Paul Mitchell, a professor of agricultural and applied economics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

「こうした価格設定は大打撃である」と、ウィスコンシン大学マディソン校の農業・応用経済学教授ポール・ミッチェル氏は述べた。

"On top of that, the impact does not stop at the harvest stage.

「その上、影響は収穫の段階にとどまらない。

It also extends to all forms of transportthat is, the process of moving grain and silage from the fields to the farm, and even from the farm to the point of sale."

あらゆる運搬、すなわち穀物やサイレージを畑から農場へ、さらには農場から販売先へと移送する過程にも及ぶのである」。

Jason Kurtz, a farmer who grows corn and soybeans near Forest City, Missouri, said he is paying twice as much for diesel fuel this year.

ミズーリ州フォレストシティ近郊でトウモロコシと大豆を栽培する農家のジェイソン・カーツ氏は今年はディーゼル燃料に倍の費用を支払っていると述べた

His combine consumes 200 gallons (750 liters) of fuel per day, and he plans to run it for 30 days.

同氏のコンバインは1日当たり200ガロン750リットルの燃料を消費し、それを30日間稼働させる予定だという

On top of that, diesel fuel was also needed for his tractors and trucks.

加えてトラクターとトラック用のディーゼル燃料も必要であった。

"We have to get the harvest done," he said on Tuesday in an interview conducted at his farm, roughly 90 miles (145 kilometers) from Kansas City.

我々は収穫を遂行せねばならない」、同氏は火曜日カンザスシティからおよそ90マイル145キロ)離れた自身の農場で行われたインタビューにて語った。

"We have to keep the machines running. We have to burn diesel. So that squeezes our profits."

機械を稼働させねばならない。ディーゼルを消費せねばならないゆえに利益が圧迫されるのだ」。

Mr. Kurtz, 49, said that after being forced to spend heavily on fertilizer and chemicals as well, his own financial situation this year was "already tough."

49歳のカーツ氏は肥料や薬剤にも多額の出費を余儀なくされた末今年の自身の財政状況は「すでに厳しい」と語った

According to AAA, diesel prices in the United States are currently 60% higher than they were before the US and Israel launched a war with Iran in late February.

AAAによると米国のディーゼル価格は現在米国とイスラエルが2月下旬にイランとの戦争を開始する以前と比べて60%上昇している。

At that time, the national average price was about $3.76 per gallon.

当時の全米平均価格は1ガロンあたり約3.76ドルであった

Prices rose rapidly because the disruption to tanker traffic in the Strait of Hormuz caused by the war sent the price of crude oil, the main raw material for diesel and gasoline, soaring.

戦争に伴うホルムズ海峡におけるタンカー航行の混乱を受けディーゼルおよびガソリンの主要原料である原油価格が急騰したことにより、価格は急速に上昇したのである

"The farms that are struggling most with cash flow are precisely the ones that have to think hardest about what to cut in order to get through this," Mitchell said.

資金繰りに苦しむ農場ほどこれを乗り切るために何を削るかを最も考えなければならないとミッチェル氏は述べた

"Many farms are facing exactly that."

多くの農場がそれに直面している」。

Mr. Kurtz, who cast his vote for President Donald Trump, indicated his intention to postpone part of his farm work in anticipation of a drop in diesel prices.

ドナルド・トランプ大統領に票を投じたカーツ氏は、ディーゼル価格の下落を見込んで、農作業の一部を先延ばしにする意向を示した。

"That is one of the great joys of farming," he said.

それが農業の醍醐味の一つである」と同氏は語った

"Tomorrow will present a different picture again."

明日はまた異なる様相を呈するだろう」。

September 11th, 2026

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