# Diesel prices stay high for summer: analysts | The Western Producer

> Analysts at IHS Markit and others expect diesel prices to stay elevated through the summer even as gasoline is set to soften. Refinery run cuts, particularly in the eastern US, have tightened distillate supply, especially in the Chicago market.

- Date: 2019-06-27 · published 2019-06-27T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/58768-diesel-prices-stay-high-for-summer-analysts-the-western-producer
- Commodities: [ULSD / Diesel](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DIESEL.md), [Crude Oil (WTI)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WTI.md)

## Why it matters

Tighter diesel balances raise farm and trucking fuel costs and support diesel relative to crude, which feeds into feed-ingredient freight and processing costs for buyers.

## Read by commodity

- WTI: neutral
- DIESEL: bullish ▲

## Sources

- producer.com: https://www.producer.com/crops/diesel-prices-stay-high-for-summer-analysts/

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