2026年7月11日 美国东部时间下午5:03 / 哥伦比亚广播公司新闻
路易斯安那州哥伦比亚市——在路易斯安那州东北部，农业飞行员里德·基西一脸错愕。
他的飞机需要使用以煤油为基础的Jet-A航空燃油，而该燃油价格在伊朗战争期间大幅上涨。战争爆发前的2月份，每加仑燃油售价为2.46美元，到5月份时已攀升至4.11美元的峰值。
基西每次都会采购7500加仑燃油。他表示，当燃油价格达到4.11美元时，仅一轮加油他就要花费超过3万美元。
截至本周，油价回落至3.18美元，但又再次出现上涨势头。
“这带来了压力，但我不能让我的客户农民感受到我所承受的这种压力，”基西在接受哥伦比亚广播公司新闻采访时说道。
面对这样的燃油价格，路易斯安那州的农业群体几乎没有容错空间。
大卫·格雷罗和特蕾莎·格雷罗夫妇经营着一家农场。他们种植的玉米需要一种名为尿素的氮肥，而全球近一半的尿素出口都来自波斯湾地区。由于战争期间霍尔木兹海峡间歇性关闭，该地区遭遇了严重的航运危机。这条关键航道同时承担着全球约20%的石油运输量。
战争期间尿素价格大幅飙升，彻底耗尽了格雷罗夫妇的化肥预算。
格雷罗夫妇透露，他们目前在尿素采购上的超支金额约为12万至13万美元。
当被问及他们的农场能否挺过此次成本上涨时，大卫·格雷罗回答道：“岌岌可危，真的快撑不住了。”
根据美国农场局联合会的数据，去年美国农场破产数量较2024年增长了46%。
与此同时，基西本可以提高为格雷罗夫妇处理农作物的收费标准，但他选择了自己承担损失。
“现在这就是一场生存游戏，”基西说道，“……如果农民们没法继续经营下去，那我也没法继续干了。”
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/how-american-farmers-under-pressure-escalating-iran-tensions/
High energy costs from Iran war heighten pressure on struggling Louisiana farmers: “It’s a game of survival”
July 11, 2026 5:03 PM EDT / CBS News
COLUMBIA, Louisiana — In northeast Louisiana, agriculture pilot Reed Keahey flies with sticker shock.
His plane needs kerosene-based Jet-A fuel, the price of which has soared during the Iran war. A gallon that cost $2.46 in February, just before the war broke out, peaked at $4.11 in May.
Keahey buys 7,500 gallons at a time. He said that when fuel hit $4.11, he spent a little more than $30,000 on one round of fuel.
As of this week, it cost $3.18, but was rising again.
“It puts a squeeze, but I can’t let my farmers feel that squeeze that it’s putting on me,” Keahey told CBS News.
With these fuel prices, the agricultural community in Louisiana feels there is little margin for error.
David and Theresa Guererro own a farming business. Their corn crops need a nitrogen fertilizer called urea, and nearly half of global urea exports originate in the Persian Gulf, which has experienced a major shipping crisis due to the intermittent closures of the Strait of Hormuz during the war. The critical passageway also handles about 20% of the world’s oil.
Prices of urea spiked during the war, completely draining the Guererros’ fertilizer budget.
The Guererros disclosed they are currently overbudget on urea by about $120,000 to $130,000.
“It’s close, it’s real close,” David Guererro responded when asked if their farm will survive the cost hikes.
According to the American Farm Bureau Federation, last year U.S. farm bankruptcies saw a 46% increase from 2024.
Keahey, meanwhile, could charge Guererro more to treat his crops. Instead, he’s taking the hit.
“Right now, it’s a game of survival,” Keahey said. “… If the farmers aren’t in business, then I’m not in business.”
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/how-american-farmers-under-pressure-escalating-iran-tensions/
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