The American Farm Bureau Federation on Sunday signed an agreement with Deere and Co. that is designed to let farmers and independent mechanics identify and repair problems with Deere equipment. The ...

A N.C. Senate committee on Tuesday walked back a provision that would have made it easier for farmers to access diagnostic and repair tools for complicated electronic parts on their equipment. Here, ...

DENVER — On Colorado’s northeastern plains, where the pencil-straight horizon divides golden fields and blue sky, a farmer named Danny Wood scrambles to plant and harvest proso millet, dryland corn ...

CHICAGO, Jan. 8 (Reuters) — The American Farm Bureau Federation and machinery manufacturer Deere & Co (John Deere) signed a memorandum of understanding on Sunday, Jan. 8, that ensures farmers have the ...

American farmers say they are being squeezed not only by rising costs but also by restrictions that prevent them from fixing their own equipment, leaving them stuck with hefty bills and long wait ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. DENVER (AP) — On Colorado’s northeastern ...

FILE - John Deere equipment is on display at the Farm Progress Show in Decatur, Ill., Aug. 31, 2015. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File) SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Deere & Co. unfairly forces farmers to visit ...

Usually the word “hacking” implies breaking into someone else’s data, but farmers are having to hack their own farm equipment just to keep it running, reports Freethink. Companies like John Deere ...

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, ...

Deere & Co. unfairly forces farmers to visit authorized dealers to repair their equipment, resulting in higher prices than if they could fix it themselves or get help from independent shops, the ...