I finally got all the replacement parts in for this Kubota B8200 Tractor. I had to rebuild hydraulic cylinders, rebuild the ...

Last summer, Walter Schweitzer had set out to bale his field of dry hay, and was moving quickly to beat the rain when his tractor broke down. The Montana farmer couldn’t figure out what had ...

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Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... All across the heartland, farmers are getting their equipment ready for planting season. It’s a critical period; if you are going to maximize the value of ...

The simmering duel between farmers and agricultural machinery manufacturers over access to the software to unlock the DRM which excludes all but the manufacturer’s agents from performing repairs goes ...

The tractor company John Deere has faced a lot of criticism for the tight hold it keeps over its products. If someone needs to repair their tractor, they’ve got to do it through John Deere’s official ...

Tractor maker John Deere faces a federal lawsuit that accuses the company of illegally forcing farmers to use only authorized dealers for critical repairs, boosting its multibillion-dollar profits.

Journal Editorial Report: The week's best and worst from Kim Strassel, Kyle Peterson, Mary O'Grady and Dan Henninger. Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech The equipment Barry Hovis uses on his small Cape Girardeau ...

Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison is suing iconic tractor manufacturer John Deere over farmers’ rights to repair their own machines. Citing the frustration of farmers who are forced to rely on ...

President Donald Trump says he’ll cut environmental rules he says make tractors too costly and hard to fix. He backs new EPA ...

Some farmers are in a bruising battle with John Deere and other tractor makers over what they are allowed to repair on the equipment they own. American farmers have long had a clear favorite when it ...