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 ...

Across the farm belt, the cost of keeping modern machinery running has become a flashpoint, as growers push for the legal right to fix their own tractors instead of relying on expensive, tightly ...

Farmers around the world have turned to tractor hacking so they can bypass the digital locks that manufacturers impose on their vehicles. Like insulin pump “looping” and iPhone jailbreaking, this ...

Troubleshooting begins on a stubborn Ford tractor that refuses to start easily, leading to diagnostics and repair attempts.

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 ...

For more than a few years now, we’ve been covering the saga of tractors from the larger manufacturers on which all components are locked down by software to the extent that they can only be replaced ...

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.

Colorado has enacted the nation’s first state law guaranteeing farmers a right to repair tractors and other equipment themselves or at independent repair shops. Colorado Gov. Jared Polis, a Democrat, ...