There is a double edge problem here. Farming like almost every other industry is has been under massive consolidation pressure for the last several decades, s

There is a double edge problem here. Farming like almost every other industry is has been under massive consolidation pressure for the last several decades, small and medium farms being bought out by large corporations. These large corporations have no problem with these changes at JD because they do not want to repair their tractors anyway, they outsource that to the dealers now. These changes however do drive up the costs for independent farmers which the Corporate farms love because then they can either drive them out of business or buy them cheap...