John Deere's Service ADVISOR software controls every diagnostic function on modern tractors. Can't reset an error code without it. Can't calibrate sensors. Can't even ...

The FTC and USDA are asking farmers and independent mechanics to share experiences with agricultural equipment pricing, dealer networks, and repair restrictions.

A farmer in Missouri said he had to go to complain to the Federal Trade Commission in order to get his tractor repaired by the only John Deere dealership in his area, showing how without the right to ...

Early this week, tractor maker John Deere said it had signed a memorandum of understanding with the American Farm Bureau Federation, an agricultural trade group, promising to make it easier for ...

Farmers have been some of the strongest allies in the ongoing battle to make it easier for everyone to fix their electronics. This week, though, a powerful organization that’s supposed to lobby on ...

Only one state, Colorado, has passed legislation that allows farmers to repair farm machinery themselves. Michigan hopes to soon be another in the battle for the right to repair their own equipment.

The software that runs John Deere tractors was successfully “jailbroken” at this year’s DEF CON hacker convention, enabling farmers to repair or retune their equipment without engaging with the ...

United States President Joe Biden will sign an executive order that restricts manufacturers from limiting farmers’ ability to repair their own property. News of the impending order was given by White ...

CHICAGO (CN) — John Deere is illegally monopolizing the U.S. tractor repair industry, according to a class action antitrust lawsuit filed in Chicago federal court on Wednesday. The suit alleges that, ...