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I've been hearing about farmers trying to organize for at least the past 5 years to tackle this. I'm not going to hold my breath for much progress, sadly. An "
by spicybright 5y ago
I've been hearing about farmers trying to organize for at least the past 5 years to tackle this. I'm not going to hold my breath for much progress, sadly.
An "open tractor" from a new company is also going to be hard to justify with how thin margins are with farming.
Maybe some techies can get together to make repair easier. New electronic control boards, diagrams of how to machine their own replacement parts, etc. for the most popular tractors people own.
It's a tough problem to solve, but one worth fighting any way we can.
- NexRebular 5y agoWonder if they could start buying company stock to get enough voting power to make a difference...
- bluGill 5y agoNo entity can legally own more than 10% of John Deere's stock. I forget why that rule is. Something they are in, perhaps finance? If farmers are acting as a group they probably would be in trouble for individual purchases that collectively violate the rules.