Farmers Struggle With Soaring Costs American farmers face mounting expenses not only from seed and fertilizer but also from ...

DAVENPORT, Iowa (KWQC) - Thanks to a new John Deere agreement, US farmers will now be able to repair their own tractors and farm equipment. US farmers can now have Deere tractors and other ...

Join Sophie Bell, the talented student and farmer, as she takes on the tire-taming challenge involving large tractor tires.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The high price of food at the grocery store may have you wondering what is going on at America's farms? When you ask farmers if anything can be done to make their lives easier, one ...

Clint Stoutenburg leans over his John Deere planter to point out the complexities of the machine at his family farm in Sandusky, Michigan. He wants the right to fix his equipment because he finds ...

Like many parts of modern life, tractors have gone high-tech, often running on advanced computer systems. But some manufacturers are tight-lipped about how these electronics work, making it difficult ...

Colorado has enacted the nation’s first state law guaranteeing farmers a right to repair tractors and other equipment themselves or at independent repair shops. Colorado Gov. Jared Polis, a Democrat, ...

Only one state, Colorado, has passed legislation that allows farmers to repair farm machinery themselves. Michigan hopes to soon be another in the battle for the right to repair their own equipment.

United States farmers have fought John Deere hard over the right to repair their six-figure pieces of equipment. For years, the ag manufacturer has set up software locks that can only be disabled by ...

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