# Refiners Are Making More Diesel Than Farmers and Truckers Need | Air Freight News

> U.S. refiners have shifted production toward diesel as jet and gasoline demand collapsed, leaving distillate inventories near three-year highs. Diesel futures have fallen to their largest discount to gasoline since 2017.

- Date: 2020-05-08 · published 2020-05-08T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/53317-refiners-are-making-more-diesel-than-farmers-and-truckers-need-air-freight-news
- Commodities: [ULSD / Diesel](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DIESEL.md)

## Why it matters

A growing distillate glut and weak diesel crack spreads push diesel prices lower, reducing fuel costs for trucking and farm transport.

## Read by commodity

- DIESEL: bearish ▼

## Sources

- airfreight.news: https://airfreight.news/articles/full/refiners-are-making-more-diesel-than-farmers-and-truckers-need

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