Before a January “memorandum of understanding,” or MOU, on a farmer’s “right to repair” his farm machinery, U.S. equipment makers and their farm and ranch customers were locked in a legal and ...

A farmer prepares to combine corn in this farm field near Waupun, Wisconsin. As technology becomes increasingly sophisticated, farmers with newer John Deere equipment cannot perform many of the ...

DENVER — On Colorado’s northeastern plains, where the pencil-straight horizon divides golden fields and blue sky, a farmer named Danny Wood scrambles to plant and harvest proso millet, dryland corn ...

Colorado has enacted the nation’s first state law guaranteeing farmers a right to repair tractors and other equipment themselves or at independent repair shops. Colorado Gov. Jared Polis, a Democrat, ...

CHICAGO, Jan. 8 (Reuters) — The American Farm Bureau Federation and machinery manufacturer Deere & Co (John Deere) signed a memorandum of understanding on Sunday, Jan. 8, that ensures farmers have the ...

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Planned obsolescence not only is exploitative, it could cause serious delays when tools and equipment need to be urgently repaired. A John Deere tractor. John Deere has attempted to employ practices ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. DENVER (AP) — On Colorado’s northeastern ...

Two more equipment companies have inked right-to-repair memorandums of understanding with the American Farm Bureau Federation, bringing about 70% of the ag equipment sold in the U.S. under the same ...

DENVER (AP) — On Colorado's northeastern plains, where the pencil-straight horizon divides golden fields and blue sky, a farmer named Danny Wood scrambles to plant and harvest proso millet, dryland ...

The American Farm Bureau Federation on Sunday signed an agreement with Deere and Co. that is designed to let farmers and independent mechanics identify and repair problems with Deere equipment. The ...