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Record diesel price surge, worst possible timing for US farmers

Record diesel price surge, worst possible timing for US farmers

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September 11th, 2026

Record diesel price surge, worst possible timing for US 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 moment when many American farmers need fuel to run their combines, tractors, and other machinery for the harvest of soybeans and corn, the nation'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なのである

This surge is making an already desperately difficult year even harsher for these farmers, who have also been grappling with soaring costs for fertilizer, seed, and machinery.

この急騰は、肥料や種子、機械のコスト高騰にも直面してきたこれらの農家にとって、かねてより困窮を極めていた年を一層過酷なものにしている。

On September 4th in the United States, diesel prices reached a record level, surging for the first time to an average of $5.85 per gallon amid a six-month war with Iran that has thrown global fuel distribution into disarray.

米国において9月4日ディーゼル価格が記録的な水準に到達しイランとの6か月にわたる戦争が世界の燃料流通を混乱に陥れる中1ガロン当たり平均5.85ドルへと初めて急騰した

They continued to climb thereafter, reaching an average of $6.05 by Friday, according to AAA.

その後さらに上昇を続けAAAによれば金曜日には平均6.05ドルに達した

"Pricing like this is nothing short of a 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打撃以外の何ものでもない」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。

"What is more, the impact does not stop at the harvest.

「その上、影響は収穫の域にとどまらない。

It extends to every form of haulage as wellthat is, moving grain and silage from the fields to the farm, and then 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動させること——にも及ぶのである」。

Jason Kurtz, a farmer who grows corn and soybeans near Forest City, Missouri, said he has been compelled to spend twice as much on 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業者ジェイソン・カーツ氏は本年はディーゼル燃料に倍の出費を余儀なくされていると語った

His combine consumes 200 gallons (750 liters) of fuel per day, and he reportedly 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であるという

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

加えてトラクターおよびトラック用のディーゼルも必要であった

"We have no choice but to carry out the harvest," he said on Tuesday in an interview at his farm, situated roughly 90 miles (145 kilometers) from Kansas City.

我々は収穫を遂行せざるを得ない」と同氏は火曜日カンザスシティからおよそ90マイル145キロ隔たった自身の農場におけるインタビューで語った

"We have to keep the machinery running, and we have to burn diesel. Consequently, our profits are being squeezed."

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

Mr. Kurtz, aged 49, said that after being driven to the point of incurring substantial outlays for fertilizer and chemicals as well, his own finances this year were "already strained."

49歳のカーツ氏は肥料や薬剤にも多額の出費を強いられるという事態に至った末今年の自身の財政は「すでに厳しい」と語った

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

AAAの報告によれば米国のディーゼル価格は目下米国とイスラエルが2月下旬にイランとの戦争に踏み切る以前と比較して60%の高騰を呈している

At that time, the national average price stood at approximately $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

Amid the disruption to tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz brought on by the war, the price of crude oilthe principal feedstock for diesel and gasoline alikesoared, and it was this that drove the rapid escalation in prices.

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たる原油の価格が急騰したことにより価格は急速な上昇を遂げたのである

"The farms that are most strapped for cash are precisely the ones that must deliberate most intently over what to cut in order to weather the storm," Mitchell remarked.

資金繰りに窮する農場ほどこれを乗り切るために何を削減すべきかについて最も思慮を巡らせねばならないとミッチェル氏は述べた

"A great many farms find themselves confronting precisely that predicament."

多くの農場がまさにその局面に直面している」。

Mr. Kurtz, who cast his vote for President Donald Trump, stated that, anticipating a decline in diesel prices, he intends to postpone certain farming operations.

ドナルド・トランプ大統領に一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、一部の農作業を後回しにする所存であると述べた。

"That is precisely nothing other than one facet of the supreme allure inherent in the enterprise we call agriculture," he declared.

まさにそれこそが農業という営みが内包する無上の魅力の一端にほかならないと同氏は言明した

"Tomorrow, too, will of itself assume a different countenance."

明日はまたおのずと異なる相貌を帯びることであろう」。

September 11th, 2026

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