John Deere owners will get right to repair their own equipment under…

The FTC and five state attorneys general secured a settlement requiring John Deere to provide diagnostic and repair tools to farmers and independent shops, ending years of forced-dealer-only repair restrictions. Deere must also prevent dealers from retaliating against owners who self-repair, and faces 10 years of compliance oversight. If you build diagnostic tools, repair software, or aftermarket parts for farm equipment, you now have a legal right to sell directly to farmers and independent shops—Deere's ten-year compliance order just opened a captive market. This is the template: when antitrust forces open service access, the money moves from the OEM's service monopoly to independent suppliers.