Across the farm belt, the cost of keeping modern machinery running has become a flashpoint, as growers push for the legal right to fix their own tractors instead of relying on expensive, tightly ...
LINN COUNTY, Iowa (KCRG) - Fifth generation farmer Jim Greif says waiting for tractor repairs that he could do on his own can cost him and others hundreds of thousands of dollars. Some states have ...
American farmers welcome the news that the Environmental Protection Agency has told heavy machinery manufacturer John Deere it must allow us to repair our tractors instead of succumbing to ...
The U.S. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in a groundbreaking move is letting farmers and local repair shops have the legal right to repair their own equipment—even when that work involves ...
The FTC alleged that Deere restricts the software needed to perform repairs to its own authorized dealers. (Ian Maule/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images) The Federal Trade Commission sued Deere, ...