FTC and Five States Reach Right-to-Repair Settlement With Deere & Co.

The Federal Trade Commission and attorneys general from Arizona, Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin secured a right-to-repair settlement with Deere & Co. on Wednesday. The agreement requires the company to make diagnostic and repair tools available to equipment owners and independent repair shops.

It also prevents Deere dealers from retaliating against owners or shops that choose independent repairs. The order was filed in Illinois and is headed to Judge Iain D. Johnston for approval. Deere must pay $1 million collectively to the five states for antitrust enforcement costs.

The company will face strict compliance oversight for the next 10 years. The FTC and state attorneys general filed the antitrust lawsuit against Deere in January 2025. The suit argued that Deere illegally restricted farmers and independent shops from repairing farm equipment such as tractors.

Deere provides a service software tool to authorized dealers but does not provide the full version to equipment owners or independent shops. Deere reached a separate $99 million class-action settlement with farmers in April. The new agreement marks the second right-to-repair settlement Deere has reached this year.

Deere is an Illinois-based manufacturer of agriculture equipment, engines, and equipment for forestry, landscaping and construction. "For too long, Arizona farmers and independent mechanics have been at the mercy of Deere’s monopoly over repair tools, forced to wait — and pay — for authorized dealers just to fix broken tractors and other equipment," Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes said in a statement Wednesday.