Farmers and ranchers continue to pay escalating prices to grow crops and raise livestock. One of those increasing costs is diesel.In mid-May, Allen Kaminski paid $4.56 per gallon for diesel. Compared to last year, that’s up over $2 per gallon for the Austin County rancher.“I checked my receipts from last year, and in May, I was paying $2.25 per gallon. That’s for off-road farm diesel,” Kaminski, who raises cattle and grows hay, said. “Last year, it cost me about $225 to fill the 100-gallon tank on my truck of off-road diesel. Now, it’s $456 for the same tank. That’s $231 ...