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The Institute for Supply Management’s Purchasing Managers’ Index for both manufacturing and services showed input costs continued to rise in May.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

A survey of purchasing managers published Monday showed manufacturers’ input costs rose at their steepest pace since May 2022, while the prices they in turn charged their customers rose at the fastest pace in three-and-a-half-years.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

Now he’s worried that if he doesn’t find the right ways to lower fertilizer and other farming input costs, his bottom line will suffer again.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 2026

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From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026

Inhabitants of those islands developed intensive dryland agriculture requiring a heavy input of labor to build terraces, carry out mulching, rotate crops, reduce or eliminate fallow periods, and maintain tree plantations.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond