Tammy Baldwin: “Diesel fuel hit a record high last month.”

“And just during planting season, we saw the price of fertilizer go through the roof. 70% of our farmers could not afford enough fertilizer for their crops this year. Diesel fuel hit a record high last month. And in Wisconsin, when people were preparing their fields, I met one soybean farmer who spent $80,000 more this year on diesel than he did last year. That's a 60% increase.” (01:41–01:47)

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