FTC Probing Deere & Co. Over Farm Equipment Repair Policies (2)

The US Federal Trade Commission is investigating tractor giant Deere & Co. over whether its agricultural equipment repair practices violate antitrust or consumer protection laws.

The existence of the FTC’s investigation into Deere was made public Thursday in a filing by a data processing company that is a third party in the case.

The FTC sent an information request in August to the third party saying it was investigating whether Deere engaged in “unfair, deceptive, anticompetitive, collusive, coercive, predatory, exploitative or exclusionary acts or practices” that related to “the repair of agricultural equipment.”

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