Farm bureau continues to advance right to repair

WASHINGTON — The American Farm Bureau Federation signed a memorandum of understanding with CLAAS of America, providing even more farmers and ranchers the right to repair their own farm equipment.

The MOU follows similar agreements AFBF entered with John Deere, CNH Industrial Brands (which includes Case IH and New Holland), AGCO and Kubota. Combined, the five MOUs cover approximately three quarters of the agricultural machin-

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RACINE, Ohio — The Racine Southern FFA traveled to Cumberland Falls in Kentucky June 5-9 for its annual FFA Officer Retreat. On the ery sold in the United States. retreat, the officers sat down and put together some strengths, weaknesses, goals and visions for the upcoming school year.

The agreement creates a framework for farmers and independent repair facilities in all 50 states and Puerto Rico to access technical manuals, tools and product guides to self-diagnose and self-repair machines, while respecting intellectual property and legislated legal requirements of the manufacturer.

It also reconfirms the ability to lease diagnostic tools, purchase products and parts from CLAAS dealers.