John Deere just reached an agreement with the FTC and five states, promising farmers and independent mechanics full access to the diagnostic tools needed to fix their own equipment.
Some farmers are now tilling fields from their phones — no driver in the cab, just a John Deere tractor working through the night while the grower catches up on sleep.
AGCO is asking a federal court to allow a rare interlocutory appeal in the Federal Trade Commission’s ongoing right-to-repair lawsuit against John Deere.