Diesel reaches $6 a gallon in Illinois and Indiana

6 articles · Updated · NBC Chicago · May 4

GasBuddy said Illinois hit a record average diesel price, while Indiana reached $6 and sat one cent below its 2022 record.
Farmers and truckers said the surge is sharply raising costs: one Indiana farmer estimated an extra $400,000 this year across 4,000 acres, while drivers reported far costlier fill-ups.
Some blamed the ongoing war for the increase. NBC data showed Illinois and Indiana, along with Ohio and Michigan, have seen some of the biggest overall gas-price rises since the war began.

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