The World’s First Agricultural Right To Repair Law

Long time readers will know that occasionally we mix up our usual subject matter with a dash of farm equipment. Usually the yellow and green variants that come from John Deere, as the agricultural …

You Can Now Fix Your Deere

Over the last few years we have brought you many stories about John Deere tractors, and how their repair has been locked down such that only manufacturer-authorised technicians can work on them. Th…

Finally We Can Watch The Deere Cracking Def Con Talk

A few weeks ago, some tantalising social media posts emerged from a Def Con talk, in which [Sick Codes] broke into the screen control unit for a John Deere tractor live on stage, and proceeded to p…

Did You See A John Deere Tractor Cracked At DEF CON?

The Internet, or at least our corner of it,  has been abuzz over the last few days with the news of a DEF CON talk by [Sick.Codes] in which he demonstrated the jailbreaking of the console computer …

For Once, The Long Arm Of John Deere Presses The Right Button

Over many years now we’ve covered right-to-repair stories, and among them has been a constant bête noire. The American farm machinery manufacturer John Deere whose instantly recognisable gree…

Why is John Deere so opposed to letting farmers fix their stuff? — The Repair Association

John Deere is trying to block the agricultural Right to Repair in Nebraska—which affects all of us, not just farmers. When farm equipment goes down in the middle of the season, it can cost farmers a harvest and the rest of us a meal. Everyone...

John Deere claimed to make diagnostics readily available: REALITY DISAGREES!

👉 https://prospect.org/power/rollups-big-tech-monopoly-down-on-the-farm/ 👉 https://uspirg.org/feature/usp/deere-headlights 🔵 Desk: https://amzn.to/3njMvN3 🔵 Chair: https://amzn.to/3zOuSdf 🔵 Microphon...

Biden Praises Right To Repair, As John Deere Hit With Two Fresh Repair Lawsuits

While there's been no shortage of dumb and frustrating tech policy debates in recent years, one of the more positive shifts has been watching the "right to repair" movement shift from the fringe to massively mainstream. Once just the...

An honest conversation about John Deere with Willie Cade

Willie Cade's youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCL8mrwisvetDcBG7cy4wiSw Willies email: williecade@gmail.com lawsuit video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GnOBuyhBVQ lawsuit document:...

John Deere Hit With Class Action Lawsuit for Alleged Tractor Repair Monopoly

The lawsuit is the latest salvo in the ongoing right-to-repair movement that seeks to free devices from manufacturers' arbitrary repair DRM.

This John Deere Tractor Doesn’t Need A Driver

While most autonomous vehicles are meant to travel over the highway, John Deere’s new 8R tractor shown at the 2022 Consumer Electronics Show will likely only traverse fields and it will do so…

Driving You Insane?

Cars or any vehicles in general are being taken away from those who bought them by means that are rarely explained in the media (there’s an attempt to misframe and misportray the issue)

Oh Deere, Is That Right To Repair Resolution Troubling You?

Over the years a constant in stories covering the right to repair has come from an unexpected direction, the farming community. Their John Deer tractors, a stalwart of North American agriculture, h…

'Sacrifice and Solidarity' Pay Off as Striking John Deere Workers Win Bigger Wage Hike

"Our members' courageous willingness to strike in order to attain a better standard of living and a more secure retirement resulted in a groundbreaking contract."