This story was originally published by The Counter, a non-profit newsroom investigating the forces shaping how and what America eats. Read more at thecounter.org. The battle for farmers to fix their ...

All across the heartland, farmers are getting their equipment ready for planting season. It’s a critical period; if you are going to maximize the value of your crop, you better get the seed in the ...

The farming industry is on the forefront of the right to repair movement, with intricate, expensive equipment and limited ways to fix them affordably. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share ...

Journal Editorial Report: The week's best and worst from Kim Strassel, Kyle Peterson, Mary O'Grady and Dan Henninger. Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech The equipment Barry Hovis uses on his small Cape Girardeau ...

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 ...

The Federal Trade Commission and two states accuse Deere of costing farmers time and money by unfairly limiting software access and forcing the... Tractor maker John Deere faces a federal lawsuit that ...

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 that they can only be replaced ...

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, ...

Thirty teams of high school students gathered at TSTC Wednesday to compete in repairing tractors. The wrenches were out as ...