Diesel costs keep mounting for many farmers.
Chris Hill grows corn and soybeans near Brewster in southwest Minnesota and also runs a small trucking firm.
He says one-day last week they “burned closed to 200 gallons of diesel fuel in three trucks, and that happens almost on a daily occasion out here — so it adds up quick.”
And Hill suggests there’s no relief in sight. The average today for a gallon of diesel in Minnesota is five dollars-54 cents a gallon.