AgribusinessAn executive order asks the IRS to suspend penalties for highway use of dyed farm diesel from 5 October to 31 December and Treasury to consider deferring diesel excise taxes, with details still to come.
AgribusinessThe Livestock, Bulk and Rural Carriers Association proposes 250 million litres of extra diesel storage in regional Australia within five years as part of the planned Australian Fuel Security Reserve.
CropsGrowing aman rice on a bigha in Jashore now costs Tk 18,000-21,000 against Tk 15,000-18,000 last year, while paddy sells at about Tk 1,050 a maund, farmers and extension officials told Prothom Alo.
CropsThe National Association of Wheat Growers says diesel near $7 a gallon, dearer fertilizer and low wheat prices are pushing family farms toward a breaking point as the latest 2018 Farm Bill extension expires.
AgribusinessWith on-highway diesel at a national average of $6.38 a gallon and farm diesel near $6 in the Corn Belt, the American Farm Bureau Federation wants the federal highway diesel tax suspended during harvest.
AgribusinessSARS has opened a standalone diesel refund registration system separate from VAT; no existing registration carries over, and a farmer's claims will depend on each fuel supplier registering too.
With diesel up Tk 20 a litre and wages, fertiliser, seed and pesticide dearer, Rajbari farmers say production costs per bigha have nearly doubled in places, and they fear low prices at harvest.
With little rain mid-season, upland transplanted Aman needs regular irrigation, but the diesel price rise has left many Jamalpur farmers unable to water as needed, and they fear lower yields.
AgribusinessFarms.com compared average national diesel prices and the cost of filling three combines, as North American farmers say fuel costs hit hardest at harvest.
AgribusinessGovernor Jim Pillen has signed two executive orders letting Nebraska farmers and haulers use untaxed dyed diesel on the highway and run up to 25% over legal weight limits while the harvest is moving.
AgribusinessTánaiste Simon Harris announced the extension in the Dáil and promised help with fodder and fertiliser; contractors' body FCI welcomed it after green diesel peaked in August.
AgribusinessMST Marquee's Saul Kavonic says a US diesel export ban could push Australian diesel above $4 a litre, a risk for farmers and miners in the world's largest diesel importer.
After fuel prices rose Tk 20 a litre, truck fares into Chattogram climbed by Tk 6,000-10,000; onion in the Chaktai-Khatunganj wholesale market went from Tk 32-33 to Tk 38-40 a kilo and rice rose Tk 20 a sack.
