President Biden’s sweeping executive order last week included directing the Federal Trade Commission to eliminate repair restrictions for consumer products and farm equipment.
Nathan Proctor helps run a national non-profit Right-to-Repair campaign and says while he’s not sure how the FTC will proceed, he is confident farmers will be given access to the tools they need.
“We’ll figure out how it happens. Either the manufacturers start kind of voluntarily releasing some of those materials, or the FTC makes a rule or a state passes a law.
