Iowa Farm Bureau Federation

09/28/2026 | News release | Distributed by Public on 09/28/2026 11:05

Diesel Prices Hit Iowa Farmers Hard as Harvest Begins

At $6.28 per gallon and rising, fuel costs are hammering farmers and truckers this fall.

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...

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