Farmers Just Won a Massive Victory in the High-Tech Fight to Repair Their Own Tractors

A new FTC settlement could reshape who gets paid to fix software-powered farm equipment.

BY GEORGIA FEARN, EDITORIAL INTERN

John Deere must give farmers and independent mechanics access to its repair tools under a new federal settlement that could loosen the company’s grip on one of American agriculture’s most closely watched aftermarkets.

The Federal Trade Commission and attorneys general from........

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