Local growers feeling hurt from high fuel, fertilizer prices

Local growers feeling hurt from high fuel, fertilizer prices

Economic impacts from tariffs, the war in Iran and challenging crop markets are being felt on farms in and around Hubbard County. Eileen Bolton runs Hubbard Prairie Bean Corp. with her husband, Denny, with their son, Christopher, working for them. “We're waiting for the gas price, the diesel fuel price, the fertilizer price, the insurance price, the whole thing” to come down, Eileen said. “It's all stacked. It's all high, and it's not to the ben…