Farmers are known to be a self-reliant bunch; able to plow a field as well as fix the equipment that does the plowing. Unless it's not allowed.
That statement requires some explanation: John Deere, the big tractor maker, wants to make sure its dealers perform the repairs on Deere equipment, and has the backing of some major groups and legislators.
On the other side is the Right to Repair group, which wants farmers to be able to perform their own repairs. Kyle Wiens from ifixit.com explains how things got to this point, in tractors and many other implements on and off the farm.