A court ruling determined that agricultural equipment manufacturer John Deere must face a lawsuit by the Federal Trade Commission, which accuses the company of forcing farmers to use its authorized dealer network.

A judge ruled that drove up farmers’ costs for repairs and parts. A U.S. District Court Judge in Rockford, Illinois, rejected Deere’s effort, for now, to end the lawsuit, which was filed at the end of President Joe Biden’s administration in January. “The suit alleges John Deere is violating federal antitrust law by controlling too tightly where and how farmers can get their equipment repaired, allowing the company to charge artificially higher prices,” a Reuters report said. “The FTC was joined in its lawsuit by Michigan, Wisconsin, and three other states.”

Right-to-repair advocates say the digitization of agriculture equipment, with its various computers, has made self-repair almost impossible, forcing farmers to depend on the manufacturer.