The policy limits the number of total Kubota locations one ownership group can own to 50 nationwide.

8-store AGCO and Claas dealer Ohio Ag Equipment informed customers on May 17 it is ending its distribution arrangement with AGCO. The letter to customers said the dealer and OEM mutually decided to part ways and the dealership is working "diligently with AGCO and Class of America to find alternative distribution and dealership options to continue to support" its customers.

This blog was posted in response to Frank Lessiter’s article, “133 Right-to-Repair Concerns -- Growers Get Loud,” that was a follow-up to a unique content project between Lessiter Media’s farm equipment and grower divisions. To view the original work, click here to review the arguments for dealers/manufacturers (Executive Editor Kim Schmidt) and growers (Grower Division Editorial Chairman Frank Lessiter).

Dealer consolidation has long been a mainstay of the farm equipment industry, and the recently released 2022 Big Dealer Report suggests consolidation is continuing its rapid pace.

A little over a week ago, I received an email from a lawyer who had reached out to me in the past looking for some information about the farm equipment industry. He was passing along the antitrust suit that was filed against Deere in the U.S. District Court in Chicago.