President Donald Trump announced an $8 billion Harvest Fuel Relief program for farmers at an Oct. 19 rally in Kansas.
Diesel averaged $6.18 a gallon nationwide as of Oct. 12, up about $2.51 from a year earlier.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture will pay farmers using a national formula, with some commodity payment rates due in November.
Trump said more farm funding and a permanent year-round E15 gasoline waiver depend on Republicans winning the midterms.
Rising fuel costs tied to the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran have hurt Trump’s approval as Republicans fight to hold farm states.
You’re sitting in the cab of a combine at 6 a.m., dust hanging in the Kansas sunrise, and you do the math on the fuel gauge. A year ago, diesel ran about $3.67 a gallon. Today, it’s $6.18, a jump that slices into seed, fertilizer, and the mortgage payment on the family farm.
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