Since John Deere is so widespread in the US, the farmers could open a cooperative dealership if only to get access to the proprietary tools. Then I guess they'd

Since John Deere is so widespread in the US, the farmers could open a cooperative dealership if only to get access to the proprietary tools. Then I guess they'd have to file an anti-trust case against John Deere to force them to hand over the tools but you cannot achieve much without legal action these days.