tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7171420941776673660.post2251089152173168371..comments2024-03-28T02:29:13.507-07:00Comments on Legal Ruralism: The farmer's fight for the "right to repair"Lisa R. Pruitthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16469550950363542801noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7171420941776673660.post-87803839127773007222021-02-14T22:09:36.366-08:002021-02-14T22:09:36.366-08:00INSTANT AFFORDABLE PERSONAL/BUSINESS/HOME/INVESTME...INSTANT AFFORDABLE PERSONAL/BUSINESS/HOME/INVESTMENT LOAN OFFER WITHOUT COST/STRESS CONTACT US TODAY VIA Call/Text +1(415)630-7138 Whatsapp +19292227023 Email drbenjaminfinance@gmail.com<br /><br />We are financial consultants providing reliable loans to individuals and funding for business, home and projects start up. Are you tired of seeking loans or are you in any financial mess. 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It feels like a domino effect to me: only allow in-house repairs, control access to their products, and suddenly, no one else can even develop the knowledge or ability to fix this equipment! Since these products now involve complex computers instead of exclusively mechanical componants, it is probable that these tractors couldn't be fixed on site, even if they were allowed to be. At least, not right away; the public, farmers, or specialists would have to develop the knowledge and skills to fix the software programs and develop highly technical knowledge and skills. That is what haunts me the most about this situation, is the right to fix doesn't address the fact that the companies seem to be hiding the knowledge required to fix, too. They have manufactured a situation where people depend on their products and tools, but those people are intentionally kept in the dark about how those tools work. The ban on the right to fix even makes it so that there is no market competition from other groups or companies to repair the products. It feels so manipulative. Mollie Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15424956445753553359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7171420941776673660.post-13210421513093850002017-04-16T16:22:21.484-07:002017-04-16T16:22:21.484-07:00I had a very similar reaction to Anne. For someone...I had a very similar reaction to Anne. For someone with limited “farm knowledge” this article was still fascinating. I was also taken aback by John Deere’s assertion that farmers do not really “own” their tractors post-purchase. It just seems like modern farmers are really split into two categories. One is the small-medium sized “family” farmer and the other is the massive conglomerate “Big Ag” type of production, and there is no space for anything in between. As “Big Ag” and factory farming take over the industry, almost all ownership is pried away from local farmers. In addition to heavy machinery like tractors, farmers are ever more dependent on buying patented, yearly seeds from the handful of multinational companies that produce them: Monsanto, Bayer, Dow, Dupont, Syngenta (http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2016/10/18/498308185/farmers-antitrust-activists-are-worried-that-big-ag-is-only-getting-bigger). Although this is a debated issue, it nonetheless demonstrates the larger shift in all agrarian work from small, local farms to larger corporations. (http://seedfreedom.info/who-owns-the-seed/ “A seed is not an invention…patents on seeds are illegitimate.”). If we take away farmers crops, and then their equipment, we might as well take away the land itself because it is useless without the ability to profit from it. I too side with the farmers on this issue. Courtneynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7171420941776673660.post-4882222964310415292017-03-27T13:53:10.877-07:002017-03-27T13:53:10.877-07:00I found this post, and the articles it cites to, c...I found this post, and the articles it cites to, completely fascinating. This wasn't an issue I had heard about or ever considered, but reading your post I found myself identifying with the frustration on behalf of the advocates of this bill. I especially was irritated by John Deere's assertion that you don't really "own" your tractor once your purchase it from them. For a farmer to spend several hundreds of thousands of dollars to ultimately hold only some leased intellectual property sitting around the farm, which they use to literally farm with, just seems not only ludicrous but patently false. John Deere (and other companies who adopt this approach) seems to be pulling out all the stops to prevent those who have spent hard-earned money to purchase expensive equipment from maintaining and repairing their investment. Farmers frequently find most of their capital tied up in their farm equipment, and to prevent them from seeking out lower-cost repairs, or even training themselves to do it at home because of the long distance to the nearest dealer that Wynter discusses above, seems outright predatory to me. Like Wynter, I'm rooting for the farmers! Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17683477132023923670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7171420941776673660.post-57877898932006122812017-03-24T14:18:43.179-07:002017-03-24T14:18:43.179-07:00Despite my status as a non-farmer, non-mechanicall...Despite my status as a non-farmer, non-mechanically-inclined human, I found the outrage of the “Right to Repair” movement incredibly easy to relate to. I recently purchased a vehicle that locks and starts not via a key, but via a fancy contraption called a key-fob. Much to my surprise—and chagrin—key fobs are not only more expensive than traditional keys in terms of hardware, but if you happen to lose your key fob, and happen to consider buying a replacement from eBay, think again! The manufacturer has the codes to program them, and said programming costs at least 6X the cost of what duplicating a modern transponder key would cost (and roughly 200X the cost of what duplicating a traditional key would cost). To put this into tangible terms: it would cost roughly $2 to duplicate the keys for a 1990 Chevy truck; roughly $60 to duplicate the keys for a 2004 Pontiac Montana; and upwards of $400 to duplicate the fob for a 2008 Mini Cooper. All this is to say—it feels a bit like a hostage situation. Farmers obviously depend on farming equipment for their livelihoods; John Deere knows they cannot simply decline to purchase. As such, John Deere is ensuring an involuntary revenue stream for years to come. <br /><br />You touched upon the issue in your post, but I did a little internet research to put the problem into perspective. If you live in rural Maine—in the town of Weston, for example (see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weston,_Maine)—the nearest John Deere dealer is over 66 miles away, in Presque Isle, ME (see: https://dealerlocator.deere.com/servlet/country=US?locale=en_US). Weston is in Aroostock County, which is known for its potato crops (see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aroostook_County,_Maine). Or imagine you’re in west Texas, in Rankin, another sparsely populated town in a county with agricultural roots (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upton_County,_Texas). The nearest John Deere dealer is over 77 miles away. <br /><br />Fantastic post. And suffice to say, I’m rooting for the farmers. Wynter K Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10825975028818885821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7171420941776673660.post-41806903740857068962017-03-23T15:05:12.773-07:002017-03-23T15:05:12.773-07:00I grew up going to tractor shows and I think peopl...I grew up going to tractor shows and I think people forget that tractors are not small ride-on-top lawn mowers. They literally weigh tons making it impossible to transport them in any conventional way.Additionally, they are very cumbersome. Essentially, theres a reason you get stuck behind that tractor on country roads: they can't be moved any other way.<br /><br />This was enlightening. Country music, among other outlets, praise the "fixer upper" mentality of rural areas. The ability to fix your own machines is valued and possibly expected so I can see how this sort of impediment is frustrating. <br /><br />I think it would be neat to see what demographic of farmer this impediment actually impacts at present. Further, does it change consumer decisions? It sounds like it is only the really high end farmer that is able to afford these costly, high tech machines. The smaller farmer may use older tractors that are easier to fix where they have no computer or complex wiring. This saves money on time and repairs. Obviously, having smaller and more out of date tractors comes with issues. This may just be a silver lining to being a small-yield farmer.<br />ofilbrandthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12810491852453390815noreply@blogger.com