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Diesel reaches historic highs at an inauspicious time for American farmers

Diesel reaches historic highs at an inauspicious time for American farmers

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September 11th, 2026

Diesel reaches historic highs at an inauspicious time for American farmers

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The price of diesel is reaching historic highs precisely when a great number of American farmers require it to power combine harvesters, tractors, and other machinery destined for the harvesting of two of the country's principal commodities: soybeans and corn.

El precio del diésel está alcanzando máximos históricos precisamente cuando un gran número de agricultores estadounidenses lo requieren para propulsar cosechadoras, tractores y demás maquinaria destinada a la recolección de dos de los principales productos básicos del país: la soja y el maíz.

Such an increase comes on top of an already calamitous year for these farmers, who, moreover, had to contend with higher costs for fertilizers, seeds, and equipment.

Semejante incremento viene a sumarse a un año ya de por sí aciago para estos agricultores, quienes, por añadidura, hubieron de hacer frente a costos más elevados de fertilizantes, semillas y equipos.

Diesel reached an unprecedented price in the United States on September 4, soaring to an average of $5.85 per gallon for the first time, as the six-month war with Iran disrupted the global flow of fuel.

El gasóleo alcanzó un precio sin precedentes en Estados Unidos el 4 de septiembre, al dispararse hasta una media de 5,85 dólares por galón por vez primera, en tanto que la guerra de seis meses con Irán interrumpía el flujo mundial de combustible.

Since then it has climbed even higher, settling at an average price of $6.05 per gallon on Friday, according to AAA.

Desde entonces ha ascendido aún más, situándose en un precio medio de 6,05 dólares por galón el viernes, según AAA.

"Those prices are painful," asserted Paul Mitchell, a professor of agricultural and applied economics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

"Esos precios resultan dolorosos", aseveró Paul Mitchell, catedrático de economía agrícola y aplicada en la Universidad de Wisconsin-Madison.

"And it is not confined solely to the harvest.

"Y no se circunscribe exclusivamente a la cosecha.

It is transportation in its entirety, the hauling of grain or silage from the field to the farm and, subsequently, from the farm to whatever destination it is traded at."

Es el transporte en su totalidad, el traslado del grano o el ensilaje desde el campo hasta la granja y, ulteriormente, desde la granja hasta cualquier destino donde se comercialice".

Jason Kurtz, a farmer dedicated to growing corn and soybeans in the vicinity of Forest City, Missouri, stated that throughout that year he was paying double for diesel.

Jason Kurtz, agricultor consagrado al cultivo de maíz y soja en las inmediaciones de Forest City, Misuri, manifestó que a lo largo de aquel año estaba desembolsando el doble por el diésel.

His combine harvester consumes 200 gallons (750 liters) of fuel per day; he anticipated using it for 30 days.

Su cosechadora consume 200 galones (750 litros) de combustible al día; preveía utilizarla durante 30 días.

Likewise, he required diesel for a tractor and trucks.

Asimismo, requería diésel para un tractor y camiones.

"We must undertake the harvest," he stated in an interview granted at his farm, situated some 90 miles (145 kilometers) from Kansas City, on Tuesday.

"Es menester que acometamos la cosecha", manifestó en una entrevista concedida en su granja, sita a unas 90 millas (145 kilómetros) de Kansas City, el martes.

"We must keep the machines running.

"Hemos de mantener las máquinas en funcionamiento.

We need to resort to diesel, so that erodes our margins."

Precisamos recurrir al diésel, de modo que ello merma nuestros márgenes".

Kurtz, 49, stated that his finances were already "tight" this year, after he had likewise found himself compelled to shell out more for fertilizers and chemicals.

Kurtz, de 49 años, manifestó que sus finanzas ya se hallaban "ajustadas" este año, después de que igualmente se viera compelido a erogar más por fertilizantes y productos químicos.

American diesel prices are now 60% more burdensome than they were before the United States and Israel unleashed their war against Iran in late February, when the national average hovered around $3.76 per gallon, according to AAA.

Los precios del diésel estadounidense resultan ahora un 60% más onerosos que antes de que Estados Unidos e Israel desencadenaran su guerra contra Irán a finales de febrero, cuando el promedio nacional rondaba los 3,76 dólares por galón, según AAA.

Prices soared vertiginously as the cost of crudethe primary ingredient in diesel as well as in gasolineskyrocketed amid wartime disruptions to tanker traffic in the Strait of Hormuz.

Los precios se incrementaron vertiginosamente a medida que el costo del crudoel ingrediente primordial del diésel, así como de la gasolinase disparó en medio de las interrupciones del tráfico de petroleros en el estrecho de Ormuz a causa de la guerra.

"The agricultural operations grappling with liquidity difficulties are precisely those under the greatest pressure to determine which line items to cut so that the whole endeavor remains viable," Mitchell observed.

"Las explotaciones agropecuarias que atraviesan dificultades de liquidez son precisamente aquellas que se ven más apremiadas a dilucidar qué partidas recortar para que el conjunto funcione", señaló Mitchell.

"A great many operations find themselves in precisely that predicament."

"Son numerosas las explotaciones que se hallan en esa tesitura".

Kurtz, who had cast his vote for President Donald Trump, stated that he intended to postpone certain farming tasks until later, harboring the hope that diesel prices would decline.

Kurtz, quien había depositado su voto por el presidente Donald Trump, manifestó que se proponía diferir ciertas labores agrícolas hasta más adelante, abrigando la esperanza de que los precios del diésel experimentaran un descenso.

"That entails a commendable aspect of agriculture," he asserted.

"Eso entraña un aspecto encomiable de la agricultura", aseveró.

"Tomorrow will be different."

"El mañana será distinto".

September 11th, 2026

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