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 ...

Zimmey’s Tractor Repair LLC is a trusted tractor and farm equipment repair shop located in Myerstown, Pennsylvania along Route 501 north of Schaefferstown. Specializing in John Deere agricultural and ...

Armstrong said that Grube’s lifelong partnership with wife, Dawn, extends beyond the farm shop to the tractor shed: “In the ...

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 ...

MOLINE, Illinois — John Deere is recalling 5,500 lawn and garden tractors for a repair because a blade could injure bystanders when the tractor is in reverse, according to the Consumer Product Safety ...

The iconic image of the American farmer is the man or woman who works the land, milks cows and is self-reliant enough to fix the tractor. But like a lot of mechanical items, tractors are increasingly ...

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 ...

For more than a few years now, we’ve been covering the saga of tractors from the larger manufacturers on which all components are locked down by software to the extent that they can only be replaced ...

In fact, the craziness of this goes even further: In a 2015 letter to the United States Copyright Office, John Deere, the world’s largest tractor maker, said that ...

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The situation that 'only the manufacturer can repair the product' is common not only for electronic devices but also for cars and agricultural machinery. There are increasing calls for 'right to ...

Farmers often can’t repair tractors and other equipment without going through the manufacturer or a certified dealer.