Like many farmers around the country, Roger Baker of Ohio is facing record high input prices.

He says the cost of filling his on-farm fuel tank has changed drastically in recent years.

“In April of 2018, I filled my 2,000-gallon off-road tank once for 82 cents and once for 79 cents and I didn’t even hit the low that month,” he says. “In April of 2022, I filled that same tank at $4.03 and then one month later at $5.13.”

Baker operates a grain, hay, and cow-calf operation and says the cost of baling hay has also increased.

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