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Over many years now we’ve covered right-to-repair stories, and among them has been a constant bête noire. The American farm machinery manufacturer John Deere whose instantly recognisable green and yellow …read more Continue reading For Once, The Long Arm Of John Deere Presses The Right Button
Lots of companies are letting people fix their own stuff in a limited way, but we still need federal laws enshrining the right-to-repair. Continue reading Corporate Repair Initiatives Don’t Replace the Need for Right-to-Repair Laws
A Ukrainian tractor hauling away Russian armor is a powerful symbol and a propaganda victory. Continue reading The Tractor Has Become a Symbol of Ukrainian Resistance
The Agricultural Right to Repair Act would force manufacturers to give farmers the tools and documentation they need to keep their equipment running. Continue reading A New Senate Bill Would Give Farmers the Right to Repair Their Own Tractors
While most autonomous vehicles are meant to travel over the highway, John Deere’s new 8R tractor shown at the 2022 Consumer Electronics Show will likely only traverse fields and it …read more Continue reading This John Deere Tractor Doesn’t Need a Driver
John Deere has unveiled an autonomous farm tractor capable of working in the field on its own 24 hours a day. Revealed at CES 2022, the 8R tractor is scheduled to go into large-scale production this year.Continue ReadingCategory: TechnologyTags: John D… Continue reading John Deere takes wraps off autonomous farm tractor
Over the years a constant in stories covering the right to repair has come from an unexpected direction, the farming community. Their John Deer tractors, a stalwart of North American …read more Continue reading Oh Deere, Is That Right To Repair Resolution Troubling You?
State legislators and industry lobbyists gathered at a mountain resort to explain to themselves why farmers don’t need right-to-repair laws. Continue reading John Deere–Backed Lobbying Groups Host Anti-Right to Repair Conference
The Fair Repair act would make it easier for everyone in America to fix their own stuff. Continue reading National Right-to-Repair Bill Filed in Congress
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 …read more Continue reading Tractors And The Right To Repair: It’s Going Global