ST. PAUL, Minn. – The states of Minnesota and Illinois have joined the Federal Trade Commission in suing farm equipment manufacturer John Deere. Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison says they have ...

In 2023, John Deere signed an agreement to allow customers the right to repair tractors and other agricultural equipment without having to use the company's parts and facilities.

John Deere has announced a step forward in its efforts to support customers’ ability to maintain and repair their machines across the agricultural and construction industries. It’s a newer effort ...

The FTC argues that for users, this has meant higher and more complex repair costs, which has benefited Deere financially. Apple engaged in the same practice with its parts pairing policy ...

Those discussions "revealed that the agency still lacked basic information about the industry and John Deere ... repair" law in Colorado forces manufacturers to provide manuals, software, tools ...

it allowed John Deere to say we agreed to do these things, but there’s no enforcement that required them to do those things,” said Gay Gordon-Byrne, the executive director of the Repair ...

The states of Minnesota and Illinois, along with the Federal Trade Commission, have filed a lawsuit against John ... on Deere’s network of authorized dealers for necessary repairs. The document says ...

Iowa & WASHINGTON, D.C — Willie Cade, Director of the Theo Brown Society and a leader of Right to Repair, has been working ... a chief engineer and board member at John Deere, criticizes the company ...

Is John Deere running a “repair monopoly”? That’s what Minnesota attorney general Keith Ellison alleges in a fresh lawsuit filed against the Illinois-based agricultural equipment maker.

Deere & Co. unfairly forces farmers to visit authorized dealers to repair their equipment, resulting in higher prices than if they could fix it themselves or get help from independent shops, the ...