Higher fuel, fertilizer prices could squeeze Oregon farmers, even if Iran war ends soon

This article was originally published by Oregon Public Broadcasting.

Matt Wood is a sixth-generation dryland wheat and barley farmer in Eastern Oregon.

He’ll remind people who don’t farm for a living that commodity farmers don’t get to set the price for their crop — markets do.

So while the price of baked goods, meat or fruits and vegetables might go up at the grocery store, that price doesn’t get passed down to a farmer like…