I fixed a tractor using John Deere’s self-repair service. Farmers aren’t sold on it.
Summary
The article documents John Deere’s self-repair service, Operations Center Pro, and its AI-enabled features, highlighting how farmers interact with repair software and the data-access trade-offs. It also covers tensions around repairability, price points, and the broader right-to-repair debate, drawing on farmer perspectives and industry critique. The piece situates these tools as a notable example of automation and connected devices in agriculture.