
Deere’s lockout policy prevents farmers from repairing and maintaining their own machines, as they have done for decades. Recently, Deere sent shock waves through the American farming community when it announced a new policy with the effect of locking farmers out of the software used in Deere equipment.

Deere & Company (“Deere”), better known as “John Deere,” is the leading manufacturer in the North American agricultural equipment market, with market shares of approximately 53 percent of large farm tractors in North America, and 60 percent in the combine segment.
