I went to a corporate training seminar last year and was talking to a guy from Deere. Let's just say he didn't look like someone you would expect to work at Deere.
It makes sense they're woke. JD made a move with their farm equipment to make it illegal for farmers to work on/fix their own equipment. Only authorized John Deer repair facilities could make certain repairs. It's just 2nd tier of controlling the food supply. Farmers that didn't toe the line can just sit on their broken farm equipment and get dragged into court and sued if they put a wrench to it. JD gets their marching orders from someone else and that someone isn't their Customers. There was some relief from this egregious power move now there is a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between JD and the American Farm Bureau Federation that allows a Farmer to stay in business. I can't believe I'm even saying that!