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The personal story of farmer Schweitzer<ref name=":0" /> highlights two more themes, besides not being able to do the repair themselves. The repair through the dealer takes a long time, a month for the repair in his case, and had high costs, nearly $5,000 to replace a fuel sensor in his case, which he says a local independent mechanic would have charged only a small fraction of that. It is not an option to wait this long, "Unfair repair restrictions can mean farmers face unnecessary delays during tight planting and harvest windows. For some, these delays can mean that months of hard work and much-needed income vanish, devastating their business."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ftc.gov/system/files/ftc_gov/pdf/deere-lina-khan-statement-final.pdf|date=15 Jan 2025|title=Statement of Chair Lina M. Khan In the Matter of Deere & Company Commission File No. 2110191|publisher=Federal Trade Commission (FTC)|language=en|author=Lina M. Khan}}</ref> | The personal story of farmer Schweitzer<ref name=":0" /> highlights two more themes, besides not being able to do the repair themselves. The repair through the dealer takes a long time, a month for the repair in his case, and had high costs, nearly $5,000 to replace a fuel sensor in his case, which he says a local independent mechanic would have charged only a small fraction of that. It is not an option to wait this long, "Unfair repair restrictions can mean farmers face unnecessary delays during tight planting and harvest windows. For some, these delays can mean that months of hard work and much-needed income vanish, devastating their business."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ftc.gov/system/files/ftc_gov/pdf/deere-lina-khan-statement-final.pdf|date=15 Jan 2025|title=Statement of Chair Lina M. Khan In the Matter of Deere & Company Commission File No. 2110191|publisher=Federal Trade Commission (FTC)|language=en|author=Lina M. Khan}}</ref> | ||
Tractors and combines have gotten more computerized, which makes it difficult, or nearly impossible, | Tractors and combines have gotten more computerized, which makes it difficult, or nearly impossible, to diagnose without access to this software.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mainepublic.org/npr-news/2025-01-15/john-deere-faces-u-s-lawsuit-over-farmers-ability-to-repair-tractors|title=John Deere faces U.S. lawsuit over farmers' ability to repair tractors|author=Alina Selyukh|date=15 January 2025|language=en|format=article|publisher=Maine Public and NPR}}</ref> | ||
==Maine== | ==Maine== | ||