While most drivers are keeping their eyes on the price of gasoline, diesel fuel supplies are causing concern.

Pro-farmer reports inventories of diesel fuel and home heating fuel are at the lowest levels in more than 70 years.

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President of the Minnesota Trucking Association John Hausladen says Minnesota is in good shape, thanks in large part to a pair of refineries based in Minnesota. With most of the corn harvest completed statewide, Hausladen says the state has an average supply of fuel available.

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However, the high cost of diesel fuel is causing headaches, especially for smaller operations. Hauslauden says fuel prices are the second-highest expense in a trucking company, behind labor. High diesel fuel prices are going to hit the small operations hardest, with some moving from an independent operator to a company driver.

Hauslauden says despite the high price of fuel, the supply chain disruptions that have plagued the industry are beginning to stabilize.

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