On April 6, Deere & Co. announced a settlement agreement resolving the “right-to-repair” litigation before the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. The company will pay $99 ...
United States farmers have fought John Deere hard over the right to repair their six-figure pieces of equipment. For years, the ag manufacturer has set up software locks that can only be disabled by ...
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 ...
Colorado’s governor signed the nation’s first right to repair legislation into law on Tuesday, giving the state’s farmers and ranchers the autonomy to fix their own equipment. The bill, which requires ...
State and federal lawmakers are increasingly moving toward policies to give consumers the right to acquire the parts and tools to repair their own phones, cars, and tractors without needing to involve ...
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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 ...
US farmers will have the right to repair tractors and other agricultural equipment from John Deere without having to use the manufacturer’s own parts and facilities, under an agreement the company ...
The company signed a memorandum of understanding with the American Farm Bureau Federation — but can exit the agreement if state or federal right-to-repair laws go into effect. The company signed a ...