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By (https://gizmodo.com/author/mjgault) Matthew Gault (Published October 18, 2024 at 9:45 am) Published October 18, 2024 Reading time 3 minutes (Ken Haas, a third generation farmer, prepares to rake hay so it will dry before it is bailed on August 11, 2024 in Elizabeth, Illinois.) Ken Haas, a third generation farmer, prepares to rake hay so it will dry before it is bailed on August 11, 2024 in Elizabeth, Illinois. \u00a9 Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images Read Later Read Later (https://gizmodo.com/the-feds-are-coming-for-john-deere-over-the-right-to-repair-2000513521#comments) Comments (135) The Federal Trade Commission is investigating tractor manufacturer John Deere over long standing allegations that Deere makes its farm equipment hard to repair. The investigation has been ongoing since 2021, and we know more about it now thanks to a (https://www.reuters.com/business/us-ftc-probing-deere-antitrust-consumer-protection-inquiry-filing-shows-2024-10-17/) court filing made public on Thursday. A data analytics company called Hargrove & Associates Inc (HAI) who works for the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM), of which John Deere is a prominent member, filed a court brief in an attempt to quash the FTC\u2019s investigation. The FTC wants HAI to turn over data submitted from AEM about sales, but HAI is saying that the FTC\u2019s request is too broad and could hurt its business. Court drama aside, HAI spelled out exactly what the FTC is looking for. \u201cThe stated purpose of the FTC\u2019s [investigation] is \u2018[t]o determine whether Deere & Company, or any other person, has engaged in or is engaging in unfair, deceptive, anticompetitive, collusive, coercive, predatory, exploitative, or exclusionary acts or practices in or affecting commerce related to the repair of agricultural equipment in violation of Section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act,\u2019\u201d HAI said in the court records. John Deere has been notorious for years for making its farm equipment hard to repair. Much like today\u2019s cars, John Deere\u2019s farm equipment comes with a lot of computers. When something simple in one of its tractors or threshers breaks, a farmer can\u2019t just fix it themselves. Even if the farmer has the technical and mechanical know-how to make a simple repair, they often have to return to the manufacturer at great expense. Why? The on-board computers brick the machines until a certified Deere technician flips a switch. Farmers have been complaining about this for years and Deere has repeatedly promised to make its tractors easier to repair. (https://www.vice.com/en/article/john-deere-promised-farmers-it-would-make-tractors-easy-to-repair-it-lied/) It lied . John Deere equipment was so hard to repair that it led to an explosion in the (https://www.vice.com/en/article/the-used-tractor-market-is-far-wilder-than-the-used-car-market/) used tractor market . Old farm equipment made before the advent of onboard computing sold for a pretty penny because it was easier to repair. In 2022, a group of farmers filed a class action lawsuit against John Deere and (https://www.vice.com/en/article/john-deere-hit-with-class-action-lawsuit-for-alleged-tractor-repair-monopoly/) accused it of running a repair monopoly. Deere, of course, attempted to get the case dismissed (https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/deere-must-face-us-farmers-right-to-repair-lawsuits-judge-rules-2023-11-27/) but failed . Last year, the company issued a \u201c(https://www.vice.com/en/article/john-deere-agrees-to-let-farmers-repair-tractors-as-long-as-states-dont-pass-any-laws/) memorandum of understanding .\u201d The document was a promise to farmers that it would finally let them repair their own equipment, so long as states didn\u2019t pass any laws around the right to repair. Chief among Deere\u2019s promises was that it would provide farmers and independent repair shops with the equipment and documentation they needed to repair their equipment. The promises of the memorandum have not come to pass. Senator Elizabeth Warren called Deere out in a letter about all of this on (https://www.warren.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/final_-_warren_letter_to_john_deere_rerighttorepair.pdf) October 2 . \u201cRather than uphold their end of the bargain, John Deere has provided impaired tools and inadequate disclosures,\u201d Warren said in the letter. Now we know, thanks to HAI\u2019s court filing, that the FTC has been investigating John Deere for at least three years. That\u2019s good news for farmers and anyone who buys groceries. \u201cWe are grateful that the FTC has taken our complaint seriously and is investigating Deere\u2019s conduct. We should be able to fix our own stuff. When farmers can\u2019t access the proprietary software tools which are required to diagnose or complete repairs, that means they have to wait for an authorized technician before they can finish their work,\u201d Nathan Proctor, U.S. PIRG\u2019s senior right to repair campaign director, said in a statement. \u201cThe weather doesn\u2019t wait on a dealership\u2019s schedule\u2014a delay could mean the loss of your harvest.\u201d Explore more on these topics (https://gizmodo.com/tag/ftc) FTC (https://gizmodo.com/tag/john-deere) John Deere Share this story (https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?display=popup&u=https%3A%2F%2Fgizmodo.com%2Fthe-feds-are-coming-for-john-deere-over-the-right-to-repair-2000513521%3Futm_source%3Dfacebook%26utm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_campaign%3Dshare) (Share on Facebook) (https://threads.net/intent/post?text=The%20Feds%20Are%20Coming%20for%20John%20Deere%20Over%20the%20Right%20to%20Repair&url=https%3A%2F%2Fgizmodo.com%2Fthe-feds-are-coming-for-john-deere-over-the-right-to-repair-2000513521%3Futm_source%3Dthreads%26utm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_campaign%3Dshare) (Share on Threads) (Share on X (Twitter)) (https://www.reddit.com/submit?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgizmodo.com%2Fthe-feds-are-coming-for-john-deere-over-the-right-to-repair-2000513521%3Futm_source%3Dreddit%26utm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_campaign%3Dshare&title=The%20Feds%20Are%20Coming%20for%20John%20Deere%20Over%20the%20Right%20to%20Repair&type=link) (Share on Reddit) (https://gizmodo.com/the-feds-are-coming-for-john-deere-over-the-right-to-repair-2000513521?utm_source=gizmodo.com&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=share) (Copy link) Copied! 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The investigation has been ongoing since 2021, and we know more about it now thanks to a court filing made public on Thursday. A data analytics company called Hargrove & Associates Inc (HAI) who works for the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM), of which John Deere is a prominent member, filed a court brief in an attempt to quash the FTC\u2019s investigation. The FTC wants HAI to turn over data submitted from AEM about sales, but HAI is saying that the FTC\u2019s request is too broad and could hurt its business.\n\n Court drama aside, HAI spelled out exactly what the FTC is looking for. \u201cThe stated purpose of the FTC\u2019s [investigation] is \u2018[t]o determine whether Deere & Company, or any other person, has engaged in or is engaging in unfair, deceptive, anticompetitive, collusive, coercive, predatory, exploitative, or exclusionary acts or practices in or affecting commerce related to the repair of agricultural equipment in violation of Section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act,\u2019\u201d HAI said in the court records.\n\n John Deere has been notorious for years for making its farm equipment hard to repair. Much like today\u2019s cars, John Deere\u2019s farm equipment comes with a lot of computers. When something simple in one of its tractors or threshers breaks, a farmer can\u2019t just fix it themselves. Even if the farmer has the technical and mechanical know-how to make a simple repair, they often have to return to the manufacturer at great expense. Why? The on-board computers brick the machines until a certified Deere technician flips a switch.\n\n Farmers have been complaining about this for years and Deere has repeatedly promised to make its tractors easier to repair. It lied. John Deere equipment was so hard to repair that it led to an explosion in the used tractor market. Old farm equipment made before the advent of onboard computing sold for a pretty penny because it was easier to repair.\n\n In 2022, a group of farmers filed a class action lawsuit against John Deere and accused it of running a repair monopoly. Deere, of course, attempted to get the case dismissed but failed. Last year, the company issued a \u201cmemorandum of understanding.\u201d The document was a promise to farmers that it would finally let them repair their own equipment, so long as states didn\u2019t pass any laws around the right to repair. Chief among Deere\u2019s promises was that it would provide farmers and independent repair shops with the equipment and documentation they needed to repair their equipment. The promises of the memorandum have not come to pass. Senator Elizabeth Warren called Deere out in a letter about all of this on October 2. \u201cRather than uphold their end of the bargain, John Deere has provided impaired tools and inadequate disclosures,\u201d Warren said in the letter.\n\n Now we know, thanks to HAI\u2019s court filing, that the FTC has been investigating John Deere for at least three years. That\u2019s good news for farmers and anyone who buys groceries. \u201cWe are grateful that the FTC has taken our complaint seriously and is investigating Deere\u2019s conduct. We should be able to fix our own stuff. When farmers can\u2019t access the proprietary software tools which are required to diagnose or complete repairs, that means they have to wait for an authorized technician before they can finish their work,\u201d Nathan Proctor, U.S. PIRG\u2019s senior right to repair campaign director, said in a statement. \u201cThe weather doesn\u2019t wait on a dealership\u2019s schedule\u2014a delay could mean the loss of your harvest.\u201d" ], "output": "readability/", "pwd": "/data/archive/1765614774.439402", "schema": "ArchiveResult", "start_ts": "2025-12-13T08:33:30.405376+00:00", "status": "succeeded" } ], "screenshot": [], "singlefile": [], "title": [ { "cmd": [ "/usr/bin/curl", "--silent", "--location", "--compressed", "--proxy", "socks5://tor-socks-proxy:9150", "--max-time", "60", "--user-agent", "Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_7) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/128.0.0.0 Safari/537.36 ArchiveBox/{VERSION} (+https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/)", "https://gizmodo.com/the-feds-are-coming-for-john-deere-over-the-right-to-repair-2000513521" ], "cmd_version": "8.10.1", "end_ts": "2025-12-13T08:33:29.630709+00:00", "index_texts": null, "output": "The Feds Are Coming for John Deere Over the Right to Repair", "pwd": "/data/archive/1765614774.439402", "schema": "ArchiveResult", "start_ts": "2025-12-13T08:33:29.490459+00:00", "status": "succeeded" } ], "wget": [] }, "icons": null, "is_archived": true, "is_static": false, "latest": { "archive_org": "TimeoutExpired: Command '['/usr/bin/curl', '--silent', '--location', '--compressed', '--proxy', 'socks5://tor-socks-proxy:9150', '--head', '--max-time', '60', '--user-agent', 'Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_7) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/128.0.0.0 Safari/537.36 ArchiveBox/{VERSION} (+https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/)', 'https://web.archive.org/save/https://gizmodo.com/the-feds-are-coming-for-john-deere-over-the-right-to-repair-2000513521']' timed out after 60 seconds", "dom": "output.html", "favicon": "favicon.ico", "git": null, "media": "media/", "pdf": null, "screenshot": null, "singlefile": null, "title": "The Feds Are Coming for John Deere Over the Right to Repair", "warc": null, "wget": null }, "link_dir": "/data/archive/1765614774.439402", "newest_archive_date": "2025-12-13T08:33:56.182399+00:00", "num_failures": 1, "num_outputs": 8, "oldest_archive_date": "2025-12-13T08:33:02.441991+00:00", "path": "/the-feds-are-coming-for-john-deere-over-the-right-to-repair-2000513521", "schema": "Link", "scheme": "https", "snapshot_abid": "snp_01KCBDETDH070AD08301F1Y97A", "snapshot_id": "5140de71-ca6d-44a2-bd54-a4755e1f24ea", "sources": [ "/data/sources/1765614773-import.txt" ], "tags": null, "tags_str": "", "timestamp": "1765614774.439402", "title": "The Feds Are Coming for John Deere Over the Right to Repair", "url": "https://gizmodo.com/the-feds-are-coming-for-john-deere-over-the-right-to-repair-2000513521" }