I'm guessing Deere will just ~~bribe~~ lobby the new administration to make the fight reset.
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They'll just 'invest' a few million dollars into the Trump shitcoin and magically the FTC will back down.
I expect the new FTC chair will toss this when they get into office, but I guess we'll have to see how things play out
probably. diaperking don't care about the farmer vote, but the big companies can still cut checks.
I imagine they'll do all the legwork and put forth a tight case. Then none of it will matter and the whole thing will get tossed because reasons
What farming equipment does Europe use?
It feels like this won't fly in the EU
Claas and Deutz would be the biggest ones ig
AGCO is the US distributor of many European brands, and they are one of the big three i. The US. I believe they resell Fendt, Massey, Valtra, and Fella (as well as their own brands, and other, smaller US brands).
Why don't farmers switch to them? I assume there are laws preventing it, it sounds like JD have a monopoly in the US else farmers would switch
IIRC a mixture of inertia (“we’ve always used John Deere”) and some specialty equipment/attachments that only they make and would not necessarily work with other brands
At some point continuing to use a product that abuses you is just your own fault.
I hope a movement starts where they start switching, JD will conform very quickly if their sales tank.
Are you asking why American farmers who want to repair their own stuff don’t switch to European equipment?
All the parts would be in metric!
John Deer from talking with my German farming friend
John Deere, New Holland, Massey Ferguson, Fendt, Claas, Kubota
The Trump Supreme Court has entered the chat.
There are several republican members who were once farmers so I hope this doesn't get dropped.
You seem to forget, American politics, especially Republicans, are governed by the age old law of "Fuck you, I got mine".