柴油价格接近历史高位，怀俄明州秋收承压
据怀俄明州新闻（wyomingnews）10月7日报道，接近历史高位的柴油价格正挤压怀俄明州农牧场主，秋收季开局之际，本已微薄的利润面临被抹去的风险。
据报道，燃料是农业生产者最大的开支之一——拖拉机、联合收割机与运粮卡车把庄稼从地里运出来全靠柴油。托灵顿（Torrington）及全州柴油价格徘徊在历史峰值附近，生产者表示，每一遍田间作业的成本都明显高于去年，新增开支正在侵蚀小麦、大麦、甜菜与干草的收益。
农业经济学家称，油价飙升是炼油产能紧张、需求强劲与影响全球石油市场的地缘政治紧张共同作用的结果——包括持续中的美国与伊朗战争，它让原油价格居高不下。分析人士指出，西海岸与落基山地区的柴油库存尤为紧张。
怀俄明州农业团体敦促政策制定者正视能源成本问题，称其威胁到家庭农场的生存——在大宗商品市场上，农民无法把上涨的燃料成本转嫁给买家。他们还呼吁出台类似邻州提议的纾困措施。
眼下生产者表示别无选择，只能让收割机继续运转：不管油价如何，庄稼都得收回来。但许多人担心，高投入成本若再持续一季，明年在种植面积与设备投资上将被迫做出艰难抉择。
Near-Record Diesel Prices Squeeze Wyoming Farmers During Harvest
TORRINGTON, Wyo. — Diesel prices hovering near record highs are squeezing Wyoming farmers and ranchers as the fall harvest gets underway, threatening to erase already thin profit margins, Wyoming News reported Oct. 7.
Fuel is among the largest expenses for agricultural producers, powering the tractors, combines and grain trucks that bring crops in from the field. With diesel prices in Torrington and across the state running near historic peaks, producers say each pass across the field costs noticeably more than last year, and the added expense is eating into returns on wheat, barley, sugar beets and hay.
Agricultural economists say the price surge reflects a combination of tight refining capacity, strong demand and geopolitical tensions affecting global oil markets — including the ongoing U.S. war with Iran, which has kept crude prices elevated. Some analysts note that diesel inventories on the West Coast and in the Rockies have been particularly tight.
Wyoming farm groups are urging policymakers to address energy costs they say threaten the viability of family operations, arguing that farmers cannot pass higher fuel costs on to buyers in commodity markets. They have also pressed for relief measures similar to those proposed in neighboring states.
For now, producers say they have little choice but to keep the combines rolling: the crop has to come in regardless of the price at the pump. But many worry that another season of high input costs could force difficult decisions about acreage and equipment investments next year.
图片来源：图：联合收割机在麦田中作业。摄影：Dan Kollmann，CC BY-SA 3.0，取自 Wikimedia Commons
