Deere Working on Right to Repair and Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Ending
From the Ag Information Network, this is your Agribusiness Update.
**Conrad Schelkopf of Geneva, Nebraska, and Tyler Thomas of Baker City, Oregon, have each been awarded a $15,000 W.D. Farr Scholarship by the National Cattlemen’s Foundation.
The annual scholarship program recognizes outstanding graduate students for their academic achievements, leadership, and commitment to the beef industry.
The scholarship recipients will be recognized during CattleCon 2025, February 4-6 in San Antonio.
The scholarship was established by the National Cattlemen’s Foundation in 2007.
**John Deere says it’s aiming at a long-standing issue that’s been a major source of contention with equipment owners: the right to repair their own equipment.
In a release, the company says it’s made a “significant step forward in supporting the customers’ ability to maintain and repair their machines across the agricultural and construction industries.”
The latest addition gives customers and independent repair technicians more ability to reprogram Deere’s electronic controllers.
**The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act will sunset at the end of 2025 if Congress doesn’t extend the legislation or make the measures permanent.
Successful Farming says provisions scheduled to end include a pass-through deduction for business owners, lower individual income tax rates, expanded tax brackets, and a higher estate tax exemption threshold.
Other provisions in the Act have already lapsed or begun phasing out ahead of the expiration.
