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10,000 John Deere Workers Go on Strike
"This is about wages. With what other people are paying, it doesn’t matter if this is McDonald's or Wendy's. We’ve been stagnant compared to everyone else."
John Deere–Backed Lobbying Groups Host Anti-Right to Repair Conference
State legislators and industry lobbyists gathered at a mountain resort to explain to themselves why farmers don’t need right-to-repair laws.
Hacker Says He Found a ‘Tractorload of Vulnerabilities’ at John Deere
A group of security researchers released their findings after spending months researching weaknesses in the operating systems of two major agriculture companies.
Biden to Sign Executive Order Granting Farmers Right to Repair Protections
The federal government is officially planning to fight policies that prevent farmers from repairing their tractors.
National Right-to-Repair Bill Filed in Congress
The Fair Repair act would make it easier for everyone in America to fix their own stuff.
Bugs Allowed Hackers to Dox John Deere Tractor Owners
A security researcher found two bugs that allowed him to find customers who had purchased John Deere tractors or equipment.
John Deere Promised Farmers It Would Make Tractors Easy to Repair. It Lied.
Three years ago, tractor manufacturers told farmers that starting in 2021, tractor repair information would be easily accessible. It's not.
Farmers Are Buying 40-Year-Old Tractors Because They're Actually Repairable
John Deere makes it difficult to repair its new tractors without specialized software, so an increasing number of farmers are buying older models.
John Deere's Promotional USB Drive Hijacks Your Keyboard
A Redditor went to a recent John Deere conference and got a promotional John Deere USB drive that automatically typed in a URL when connected to a computer.
Elizabeth Warren Calls for a National Right-to-Repair Law for Tractors
It would apply only to farm equipment, but Warren becomes the most powerful national politician to support a consumer's right to repair the things they own.
Farmer Lobbying Group Sells Out Farmers, Helps Enshrine John Deere's Tractor Repair Monopoly
The California Farm Bureau has agreed to a toothless version of "right to repair" that was written by tractor manufacturers.
Once Again, Activists Must Beg the Government to Preserve the Right to Repair
The excruciating DMCA section 1201 exemption process is upon us again, and the right to repair tractors, cars, and electronics is at stake.