(File Photo of Senator John Fetterman)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Washington, D.C.) According to a release yesterday from Senator John Fetterman’s office, Fetterman joined Senators Peter Welch and Elizabeth Warren in introducing the Freedom for Agricultural Repair and Maintenance Act (FARM Act), bicameral legislation to give farmers the right to repair their own equipment and restore competition in the agricultural repair market. This bill would make a requirement for manufacturers of farm equipment to share parts, software and documentation with farmers and independent repair shops, which gives farmers the autonomy back so they can both support their farms and fix their own equipment.