Opinion: Right to repair not in farmers’ best interest

Jarrod Johnson of Corson, S.D.
Feb 5, 2020
Feb 5, 2020

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Jarrod Johnson of Corson, S.D.

How many South Dakotans have noticed that those new washing machines don’t work as well as old ones? The old stuff works better. This is not to say that new technology doesn’t improve our lives, but as people from a rural state we know a dollar is a dollar and we expect things to work better.

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