09/28/2026 | News release | Distributed by Public on 09/28/2026 11:05
For Erik Oberbroeckling, a corn and soybean farmer near Garnavillo who also owns a mixed-fleet trucking business, skyrocketing diesel prices mean that fuel has officially surpassed labor as the single highest operating cost for running a semi.
"Fuel and labor used to be kind of neck and neck, but once diesel went where it did, now fuel has surpassed...