Whether you own a tractor, a smartphone or a dishwasher, you should be able to fix your stuff.
That’s the call of the Right to Repair movement, which has brought farmers together with consumers and even hospitals to call for an end to manufacturer-imposed repair restrictions. People from across the country and across the political spectrum endorse this commonsense solution to a wide-ranging problem. Even President Joe Biden has weighed in, making Right to Repair a part of hisFor years, our organizations have campaigned for a legislative fix that would guarantee farmers’ right to repair.
That’s a big deal for Colorado farmers such as Robert McCall. Robert and his father, both trained mechanics, own and operate a farm in Yuma, on the state’s eastern plains. When their hay baler stopped working in 2019, it took multiple service calls from the dealer technician, a conversation with a higher-up at John Deere, and more than two weeks to get the problem fixed.
“In agriculture, time is money. I can’t afford to wait for the technician to drive 90 miles just to reset an error code,” he said.
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