Kyle Kotzmoyer of the Pennsylvania Farm Bureau told lawmakers on Tuesday that farmers are being pushed to the brink by soaring diesel fuel prices. (Courtesy of the Pennsylvania Farm )
Rev 6:6 NAS “And I heard something like a voice in the center of the four living creatures saying, “A quart of wheat for a denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius; and do not damage the oil and the wine.”
Important Takeaways:
- Could a food shortage be coming? Record diesel prices are crushing Pa. farmers, lawmakers told
- Kotzmoyer told lawmakers diesel is a “huge, huge expense” for farmers. One Cumberland County farmer, he said, works about 3,500 acres with several diesel-consuming tractors and burns though about 2,000 gallons of diesel per month.
- Average diesel fuel prices Tuesday in Pennsylvania were $6.19 a gallon, about 75% higher than a year ago, according to AAA.
- Right now consumers are spending an average of $3,000 more a year on food and gas, because of inflation
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