Jared Wilson

There's no way to reclaim those once they fall on the ground.

That's just lost revenue that's just gone.

And it's difficult to convey how frustrating that is when you're sitting on your hands and your crop is literally falling on the ground and you don't have the ability to do anything about it.

The reality is that the costs of these things have eliminated a lot of the margin potential that comes from the savings because we're just passing it back out to the manufacturer.

I remember as a kid going with my dad and if you had a complaint, you went to Leland Deems and he might take you back in the shop and ask what was going on.

You know, he wanted customer to be satisfied and he knew that if he didn't, you'd go down the road to the next dealership the next time you were buying a piece of equipment.

My independent mechanic, I called him up and he said he didn't have the tools to do that because they cost $6,000.

There have been a lot of black market things that have been released that independent providers are using laptops from China that have cracked John Deere software on it.

Create some hesitation in using technology like that on your hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of machines because.

out of any ecosystem that can help you because you're operating outside of the margins.

You know, I've been to Washington a few times and spoken with staff from senators and representatives.

So, you know, not not really trying to make anything political, just sharing my experiences with the people who are elected to pass laws to senators.

govern how things work in this country.

It doesn't benefit...

us, the citizen, to have stuff that we buy that we can't fix when it breaks.

It's not good economically.

It's not good environmentally.

Allowing these companies to stymie competition is not in our best interest.

And I really hope that people can take that to heart.