LINN COUNTY, Iowa (KCRG) – Fifth generation farmer Jim Greif says waiting for tractor repairs that he could do on his own can cost him and others hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Some states have pushed for ‘right to repair’ laws to make repairs easier for the average customer, but Iowa doesn’t have a right to repair law.
Greif said the problem isn’t that technology has gotten too complex for repairs or that specific parts aren’t always available, it’s that farmers don’t have access to the software needed to fix modern equipment…