Matt Perdue

To be honest, there's not that many.

North Dakota Farmers Union President Matt Perdue wants to see action on the farm bill.

Well, I think the biggest message with the farm bill is we have to find common ground and get this thing done.

This is the fourth year in a row that Congress has failed to get a farm bill done before September 30th.

Truckers will struggle to navigate differing state rules.

"In the context of diesel prices that are over two dollars more than they were last year, it just doesn't come close to closing that wound," said Matt Perdue, president of the North Dakota Farmers Union.

With less than a month to go before the November election, diesel prices continue to hit record highs as some farmers transport their crops for processing and others rush to complete their fall harvest.

Many have been feeling the squeeze as costs for inputs like diesel, fertilizer, and seed have soared thanks to refinery constraints and supply disruptions amid the Iran war.

Truckers will struggle to navigate differing state rules.

Matt Perdue, president of the National Farmers Union in North Dakota, said, "In the context of diesel prices that are over two dollars more than they were last year, it just doesn't come close to closing the wound." Diesel averaged six thirty a gallon across the country today, seventy percent higher than one year ago, according to motor club AAA.

Finally, when Fed Reserve officials met to raise interest rates last month, most expected a further increase later this year.

But the minutes of the meeting published today didn't show that policymakers made an urgent case that such a follow-on move should come at the next meeting this month.

They're looking at all the tools in the toolbox to try to, you know, provide real relief.

North Dakota Farmers Union President Matt Perdue wants to see action on the farm bill.

Well, I think the biggest message with the farm bill is we have to find common ground and get this thing done.

This is the fourth year in a row that Congress has failed to get a farm bill done before September 30th.