US diesel prices hit record $5.85 a gallon

US diesel prices hit record $5.85 a gallon The price of diesel hit a new record Friday in the United States, as disruption from the US war with Iran squeezes voters. The cost is now $5.85 a gallon, up from $3.71 a year ago, the AAA motorists' association said. US farmers faced a double whammy of surging fertiliser and diesel prices as the spring planting season got underway. The Independent Grocers Alliance estimates that fuel-related costs can account for 15 to 30 percent of the total…