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Exhibit 638

FTC, States Secure Settlement with Deere & Company, Advancing Farmers' Right to Repair

Exhibit 638 ยท Press release

FTC, States Secure Settlement with Deere & Company, Advancing Farmers' Right to Repair

By withholding these repair capabilities, the complaint alleged Deere unlawfully acquired and maintained monopoly power in markets for repair services for Deere farm equipment.

The FTC and Illinois, Arizona, Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin sued Deere in January 2025 (N.D. Ill.). The proposed stipulated order requires Deere, for ten years, to give farmers and independent repairers repair resources equivalent to those it gives dealers. Commission vote 2-0. A settlement, not a finding.

Source
Federal Trade Commission
Date
8 July 2026
Quoted from
Paragraph 5
Grade
Primary record
Document
https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2026/07/ftc-states-secure-settlement-deere-company-advancing-farmers-right-repair
Accessed
2026-11-09
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Finding AGR-5.14
Primary record The Supreme Court held unanimously in Bowman v. Monsanto (2013) that patent exhaustion does not let a farmer reproduce patented seed by planting and harvesting without the patent holder's permission. The FTC and five states sued Deere in January 2025 alleging it withheld repair tools, and in July 2026 filed a proposed settlement requiring Deere to give farmers and independent repair shops the repair resources it gives dealers for ten years.