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In the latest crackdown by U.S. authorities on unfair repair practices, the FTC is suing leading agricultural equipment manufacturer Deere & Company for preventing farmers from easily fixing their ...

The latest chapter in the ongoing story of right to repair promises to be a controversial one. Deere & Company has long been under scrutiny from the Federal Trade Commission for restricting farmers’ ...

The US Federal Trade Commission and two states sued tractor giant Deere & Co. Wednesday alleging the company illegally monopolized agricultural equipment repairs. The FTC and state attorneys general ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. John Deere equipment is on display at the Farm Progress Show in Decatur, Ill., Aug. 31, 2015. (AP Photo/Seth ...

The engine and motor have been supplied to customers like John Deere. Tomaso Carraro said a day would soon come where there would be no more drivers in Europe for tractors. “You can devise your ...

The issue centers around years of complaints by farmers that John Deere makes it virtually impossible for them to diagnose and make certain repairs to their equipment due to the company ...

FTC Sues Deere & Co. for Monopolizing Farm-Equipment Repair Market SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Deere & Co. unfairly forces farmers to visit authorized dealers to repair their equipment, resulting ...

Regulators sued John Deere on Wednesday - alleging the tractor-maker of ripping off farmers. They say the 187-year-old firm - the leading manufacturer of agricultural machinery - drives up repair ...

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday sued farm equipment maker Deere & Co., alleging it illegally drives up repair costs by forcing farmers to rely on its authorized John Deere dealer ...

Today, the US Federal Trade Commission filed a lawsuit against farming equipment manufacturer Deere & Company—makers of the iconic green John Deere tractors, harvesters, and mowers—citing its ...

John Deere’s “unfair” practices raised repair costs for farmers and kept them from being able to make repairs on tractors and other equipment they own, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC ...