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Deere Spent $374,000 on Lobbying Congress in 3Q
Ag equipment maker Deere spent $374,000 in 3Q to express concerns about GPS, farm regulations
MOLINE, Ill. December 14, 2011 — Deere & Co. spent $374,000 to lobby Congress and federal officials during the third quarter to protect the signal for GPS systems and express concerns about farming regulations.
The Moline, Ill., company is the world's largest maker of agricultural equipment. Its third-quarter lobbying spending was 7 percent more than the $350,000 it spent a year earlier and 40 percent more than the $250,000 it spent in this year's second quarter, according to quarterly reports it has filed with the House clerk's office.
Deere said in a report filed Oct. 20 that it lobbied Congress, the Risk Management Agency and the Federal Communications Commission about the use of spectrum rights for communication because it is worried that LightSquared's proposed new nationwide Internet network could threaten the GPS signals many Deere tractors use.
Deere also said it lobbied on financial reforms, crop insurance and efficient water use standards.
Source: Associated Press
Asking Deere and all the other mfgr's and customers would be like importing a right hand drive car from England and asking all the other drivers and the Gov't to change all the traffic laws to fit that one driver! It just ain't right!!!
If lightsquared is allowed to continue and the other company's like Deere, etc will be forced to make changes to their equipment, the cost will go to the end user...the farmers who need gps. So while the farmers and other end users are forced to pay for necessary upgrades or replacements, Lightsquared is poised to make billions in profit.....does not seem fair
Dave Kanicki is so right in his video on this. He hit the bullseye and this will affect more then just John Deere products. When lighsquared says that John Deere ought to repair their equipment just who is going to pay for this? Is ls going to? Just who is? Why doesn't LS repair their own equipment instead? Surely by asking Deere to act they can do the same thing.Since when is having internet a part of the American dream?
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