This is a larger reason food prices are going up. Emissions restrictions / Green equipment.

Tractor makers grapple with yet more emissions rules
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Not only are these systems add a large expense to purchase price, they cost a lot to maintain/repair.

Also, the higher exhaust temperatures are making these machines burst into flames when dry plant matter accumulates on the high temp exhaust pipes.



The Challenge of Putting a Price on Carbon Emissions in the United States
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“Once again the EPA has caved to pressure from corn and ethanol interests,” NCCR Executive Director David French said. “Using food-based crops for fuel has been shown time and again to be bad for the environment and bad for consumers in the form of higher food prices.”
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