Congress needs to codify farmers' right-to-repair

Fixing the Right to Repair – The American Spectator | USA News and Politics

Asking whether the person who buys — and presumably owns — a car (or a tractor) has the right to repair it is kind of like asking whether you have the right to eat the food you just paid for. Denying that right is probably next. Car companies — and tractor/farm equipment companies, too — have asserted that they have the right to deny owners as well as independent, non-dealer shops the right to repair their vehicles by claiming ownership over the…

Congress needs to codify farmers' right-to-repair

Agriculture probably isn't the first industry that comes to mind when thinking of the latest technology, but farmers and ranchers rely on machines dependent on the latest technology. "Farm equipment can't be repaired with the turn of a wrench or a piece of bailing wire anymore," the American Farm Bureau (AFB) says. Instead, most equipment requires experts to repair it – but whe...