Claims extracted
21
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
5%
1 of 21 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
withheld
no quote in the article backed the model's score
Publisher signals
60/100
NPR's corrections and
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Outlets on this story
1
Economy/Business
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
How a national farm leader is dealing with record diesel prices
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leader → deal → prices
John Boyd Jr. filled up his tractor on Saturday.
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Jr. → fill → Saturday
Boyd, a fourth-generation farmer in southwest Virginia, grows soybeans, corn and wheat and raises beef cattle.
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Boyd → grow → cattle
He is in the middle of harvesting corn.
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He → harvest → corn
During this time of year, his combines and other heavy equipment run constantly.
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combines → run → year
Now, he says, diesel is costing him about $7 a gallon, nearly double what he was paying a year ago.
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he → say → what
The national average for diesel has climbed to more than $6.51 a gallon, according to AAA, another economic consequence of the war with Iran.
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average → climb → Iran
The previous record, about $5.85 a gallon, was broken at the beginning of September.
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record → break → September
"This is a national farm crisis for farmers," Boyd told NPR's Morning Edition.
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Boyd → tell → Edition
"I'm having to come up with money that's really not in the budget."
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that → have → budget
For Boyd, who is also founder and president of the National Black Farmers Association, there is little choice but to pay.
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who → be → Association
He doesn't store diesel on his farm, so he fills a truck with a couple hundred gallons at a time, brings it back and transfers the fuel into his combine.
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he → store → combine
"I'm, as my daddy would say, robbing Peter to pay Paul," Boyd said, describing how he is shifting money from other farm expenses to cover the soaring cost of fuel.
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he → rob → fuel
There is little room to absorb the extra expense, he said.
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he → be → expense
Corn is selling for about $5 per bushel, and he still has to cover the cost of the diesel needed to harvest it.
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he → sell → it
Boyd said the higher fuel costs are adding to other financial pressures already facing farmers.
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costs → say → farmers
He said more than 400 Black farmers are at risk of losing their farms and need financial assistance.
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farmers → say → assistance
"A lot of these farmers voted for this president," Boyd said, "but now they find themselves losing their farm and no help from the administration."
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themselves → vote → administration
The surge in diesel prices is part of a broader global fuel crunch that intensified after the United States and Israel attacked Iran on Feb. 28.
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States → intensify → Feb.
Disruptions to oil shipments through the Middle East, including the Strait of Hormuz, have pushed crude prices higher, while reduced diesel supplies from the region have left fuel markets tight in the United States, Europe and Asia.
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supplies → include → States
The digital version was edited by Suzanne Nuyen.
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version → edit → Nuyen
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