For Glenn Brunkow, a fifth-generation farmer in Kansas, autumn is famously "go time," a busy period spent harvesting fields, transporting yields to town, and transferring livestock from summer pastures to their winter homes.
This year, agricultural workers are navigating the harvest alongside diesel fuel prices that have climbed by more than $2.50 per gallon compared to last year, compounding pressures from rising costs, volatile markets and shrinking profits.
