Soaring fuel costs squeezing Maine farmers and pushing up prices for their food

Soaring fuel costs squeezing Maine farmers and pushing up prices for their food

On a recent morning just after milking, Glendon Mehuren II, an organic dairy farmer in Searsmont, was weighing whether to buy diesel fuel.   The cheapest diesel Mehuren found was $4.53 per gallon for the off-road diesel fuel used in farm equipment, he said Thursday. That’s about 50 to 60% more than he was paying last […]

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