Farm equipment giant John Deere has inserted language into 556 of its product manuals acknowledging customers can use mechanics of their own choosing to repair emissions control devices, newly ...

After more than a decade of legislative proposals, the Biden Administration is preparing plans to allow equipment owners to have the right to repair their own equipment. First reported by Reuters ...

The fight for our right to repair the stuff we own has suffered a huge setback. As anyone who repairs electronics knows, keeping a device in working order often means fixing both its hardware and ...

UPDATE: John Deere on Wednesday responded to a lawsuit filed by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) alleging that John Deere withheld self-repair capabilities from farmers and independent repair ...

AND PROGRAMS. THAT BEGINS IN OCTOBER. A NEW AGREEMENT WILL ALLOW FARMERS TO REPAIR THEIR OWN EQUIPMENT. JOHN DEERE SIGNED THE AGREEMENT FOLLOWING YEARS OF LAWSUITS AND COMPLAINTS. FARMERS CAN DIAGNOSE ...

Back in 2018, John Deere struck a voluntary agreement in which it would provide manuals, training, and diagnostic software for tractors available to purchase by January 1, 2021. The company does not ...

Like many parts of modern life, tractors have gone high-tech, often running on advanced computer systems. But some manufacturers are tight-lipped about how these electronics work, making it difficult ...

Farmers like fixing their own equipment, but rules imposed by big corporations are making it impossible. Now this small showdown could have a big impact There are corn and soy fields as far as the eye ...