Governor Stein Takes Action to Lower Costs for Farmers and North Carolina Families by Halting the Prohibition of Dyed Diesel Fuel on Highways

Governor Stein Takes Action to Lower Costs for Farmers and North Carolina Families by Halting the Prohibition of Dyed Diesel Fuel on Highways Release Date Wed, 09/30/2026 - 12:00 sengel Wed, 09/30/2026 - 16:21 Amid rising fuel costs, Governor Josh Stein today directed North Carolina Department of Revenue Secretary McKinley Wooten to provide penalty relief from prohibition on the highway use of red dye diesel fuel through the end of 2026. Governor Stein also wrote to the Internal Revenue Service requesting federal penalty relief for the use of the same fuel. Because many of North Carolina’s agricultural producers have stores of non-taxed dyed diesel fuel on hand for off-road use, suspending enforcement of this penalty will lessen financial pressure on farmers by allowing on-road use during this year’s harvest, which is the most fuel-intensive period of agricultural production. “North Carolina farmers have been feeling the squeeze of tariffs, drought conditions, crop loss, and skyrocketing diesel prices,” said Governor Josh Stein. “ And our families are struggling with the cost of groceries. Today I am working to ease the burden on farmers during their most fuel-intensive time of yea

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