The industry giant faces FTC scrutiny over its repair policies, which critics say drive up costs and limit farmers’ choices. Meanwhile, elected officials in more than a dozen states are considering right-to-repair bills to improve independent repair access.
In its final days, the Biden administration sued John Deere over repair restrictions, calling them "unfair corporate tactics" that hurt farmers. The lawsuit joins a string a Big Ag cases that will soon be under the Trump administration's watch.
The Illinois-based farm equipment giant settled charges without admitting or denying the SEC’s findings, which revealed bribery involving cash, luxury trips, and other favors to Thai officials.
The Farm Bureau agreed not to support R2R legislation in exchange for consumer repair diagnostics. Farmers and repair advocates say the tools fall short.
I stumbled across a statistical tidbit the other day that probably will surprise many people.
U.S. Census Bureau figures show that between 1900 and 2000, the state that grew
In the mounting battle between manufacturers trying to protect their technology from intellectual theft and customers who want more freedom to fix things when that technology breaks down, the Biden administration has won some gratitude in farm country.
Among those who have yet to do so are some of the industry’s biggest players – Monsanto, Dow DuPont, John Deere and CNH Industrial, the equipment manufacturing company that makes both the Case IH and New Holland brands of combines, tractors and other equipment.
