# How diesel is making everything more expensive : NPR

> US diesel is near $5.50 a gallon, up about 75% from a year earlier and above prior record levels, squeezing truckers, farmers and factories. The article attributes the rise to crude costs, the US ban on Russian oil imports, low diesel inventories and export flows to Europe.

- Date: 2022-05-28 · published 2022-05-28T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: geopolitics · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/41592-how-diesel-is-making-everything-more-expensive-npr
- Commodities: [ULSD / Diesel](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DIESEL.md)

## Why it matters

Diesel costs ripple through farm operations and feed delivery, adding to input inflation and supporting logistics costs for feed buyers.

## Read by commodity

- DIESEL: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DIESEL | 2025-09-18 | [Market Signals Intensifying Global Diesel Tightness \| Energy Intelligence](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23069-market-signals-intensifying-global-diesel-tightness-energy-intelligence.md) | +1.0% | -7.2% |
| DIESEL | 2026-08-26 | [Diesel Prices: It’s a Refining Crisis, Not Crude](https://feedsoft.ai/events/18074-diesel-prices-it-s-a-refining-crisis-not-crude.md) | +11.5% | +15.5% |
| DIESEL | 2022-05-12 | [Diesel Under Pressure - Fuels Market News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/11771-diesel-under-pressure-fuels-market-news.md) | -12.6% | -3.1% |
| DIESEL | 2025-10-22 | [Diesel Rally Collides With Structural SAF Shift – China Takes More EU Market Share](https://feedsoft.ai/events/10175-diesel-rally-collides-with-structural-saf-shift-china-takes-more-eu-market-share.md) | +7.6% | +21.9% |
| DIESEL | 2025-11-12 | [Diesel Margins Rally as Russian Exports Plunge - OPIS, A Dow Jones Company](https://feedsoft.ai/events/22121-diesel-margins-rally-as-russian-exports-plunge-opis-a-dow-jones-company.md) | +6.2% | -10.1% |

## Sources

- npr.org: https://www.npr.org/2022/05/28/1100246133/oil-inflation-diesel-prices-gas-trucker-farmer-factory

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