A Missouri state representative says right to repair will be a large issue faced in 2021.

Kent Haden tells Brownfield the issue stems from risk of patchy fixes to farm equipment.

“The conundrum got put to me by an equipment dealer the other day,” Haden said. “He says, ‘I sell a guy a $100,000 tractor and he wants to trade it in three years later and I buy it not knowing he’s done something to it that doesn’t match up and the engine blows,’ he said that’s a real problem.”

But he said a number of farmers have the ability to fix hardware and software problems that might occur.

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