John Bartman
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“There's some people that think things are going to get better, but I've seen too many good young farmers who had a full-time job besides farming, who've just decided I can't do this anymore,”
John Bartman · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-16
Bartman says he has seen young farmers with outside jobs leave farming because of rising costs.
“We're losing that next generation that's coming into the business. So that is very destructive and very sad.”
John Bartman · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-16
Bartman laments the loss of the next generation of farmers due to economic conditions.
“The price of diesel today is over $6 a gallon, and we use 300 gallons of diesel a day. So now we're talking $1,800 a day,”
John Bartman · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-16
An Illinois farmer calculates the daily cost of diesel for his farm operations at over $1,800.
“People are just very frustrated right now,”
John Bartman · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-16
An Illinois soybean farmer describes widespread frustration over rising diesel and fertilizer costs.
“It just keeps on increasing all the time,”
John Bartman · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-16
Bartman says the cost of fertilizer and other inputs keeps increasing.