SAINT PAUL, Minn. – The Minnesota and Illinois Attorney General Offices settled their lawsuit with John Deere over not letting farmers repair their own equipment.
The settlement requires the company to make current and future repair services available to farmers and independent repair shops for 10 years. They previously were only given to authorized John Deere dealers.
“For far too long, illegal antitrust practices have been stifling our economy and Americans’ prosperity while making multinational corporations and billionaires much, much richer. John Deere’s illegal practice of preventing farmers from repairing their own equipment or choice in who repairs their equipment has been driving up farmers’ costs, hurting independent small businesses, and making it harder for Minnesotans to afford their lives in rural communities and every part of our state,” Ellison said.
John Deere must give access to capabilities of its PRO Service products to maintain, diagnose, and repair Deere agricultural equipment.
