\u201cUnfortunately, it increases costs for everyone; no one makes any more profits.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou have got to have factors in place to cover the cost and unfortunately pass it on.\u201d<\/p>\n
Castles said the company\u2019s trucks travelled across the country with livestock, bulk cartage orders, general freight, bailage, hay, timber, wool, grain and metal.<\/p>\n
Dannevirke Carriers is as fuel-efficient as it could be, and communication is the key to saving money, he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re trying to talk with clients about what they need and how urgent things are and what the plan is.<\/p>\n
\u201cNot wasting trips is the best way to put it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Fuel-supply concerns have gripped the country following the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz due to the Iran war \u2013 through which much of the world\u2019s oil supply is carried. <\/p>\n
On Wednesday morning, fuel-tracking app Gaspy listed the price for diesel from $2.52 a litre to $2.76 in Dannevirke. <\/p>\n
Meanwhile, 91 petrol ranged from $2.96 to $3.03 a litre.<\/p>\n
Fuel stations across the country have seen an increase in price almost daily. Photo \/ Rafaella Melo<\/p>\n
Tararua Federated Farmers president Aaron Passey said farmers should now be trying to save fuel where they could. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe are pretty reliant on fuel; there are not a lot of alternatives out there that we can use on farm, effectively and efficiently. <\/p>\n
\u201cUnfortunately, we are in a position where we can\u2019t pass that cost on like other fuel users can.\u201d<\/p>\n
Passey said it was important to use the right equipment and ensure a job was essential.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe can try and save fuel, we certainly can\u2019t eliminate it from our costs, and certainly can\u2019t reduce it by the amount it\u2019s gone up.\u201d<\/p>\n
He said farmers needed to focus on what they could control and maintain their supplies.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf people haven\u2019t got fuel to be able to feed out or go and check their stock, it could quite quickly lead to animal welfare issues.\u201d <\/p>\n
Michaela Gower joined Hawke\u2019s Bay Today in 2023 and is based out of the Hastings newsroom. She covers Dannevirke and Hawke\u2019s Bay news and loves sharing stories about farming and rural communities. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cUnfortunately, it increases costs for everyone; no one makes any more profits. \u201cYou have got to have factors…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":335434,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[161215,95,138,2068,1656,4187,37251,77695,3233,2678,4508,111,139,69,3333,312,12975,42370,1515,112,85019],"class_list":["post-335433","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-absorb","tag-and","tag-business","tag-cant","tag-company","tag-cost","tag-dannevirke","tag-familyowned","tag-farm","tag-fuel","tag-hits","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-price","tag-says","tag-sector","tag-soaring","tag-surge","tag-transport","tag-trucking"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335433","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=335433"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335433\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/335434"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=335433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=335433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=335433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}