VINITA, Okla. — The veil is thin between what Rick Johnson sees in a tractor engine and how he sees the rest of the world.

If he had his way, Bill Driscoll would restore all of the hundreds of old, rusty tractors stored at the Central Washington Agricultural Museum in Union Gap. "Fix 'em all, but not in my lifetime," the ...

Eli Klessig has restored a handful of tractors, some of which are used by his family on their farm in southeast Minnesota. Eli Klessig, right, stands with Max Benson in front of a Farmall C tractor ...

Jake Lieb stands by his John Deere planter March 18 on his farm near Monticello, Ill. Deere signed a memorandum of understanding last year that should help farmers like Lieb and independent repair ...

United States farmers have fought John Deere hard over the right to repair their six-figure pieces of equipment. For years, the ag manufacturer has set up software locks that can only be disabled by ...

Like many parts of modern life, tractors have gone high-tech, often running on advanced computer systems. But some manufacturers are tight-lipped about how these electronics work, making it difficult ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... All across the heartland, farmers are getting their equipment ready for planting season. It’s a critical period; if you are going to maximize the value of ...