# Remote lockouts foil farm equipment thieves

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/remote-lockouts-foil-farm-equipment-thieves/184007>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Created:** [May 5, 2022, 2:46pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/remote-lockouts-foil-farm-equipment-thieves/184007 "2022-05-05T14:46:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2022, 2:46pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/remote-lockouts-foil-farm-equipment-thieves/184007/1 "2022-05-05T14:46:48Z")

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I think that most of us are familiar with the anti-theft features of GM’s OnStar device. Apparently John Deere farm equipment also comes with some sophisticated electronic features. 😁

> **[Remote lockouts reportedly stop Russian troops from using stolen Ukrainian...](https://www.theverge.com/2022/5/2/23053944/russian-troops-steal-millions-farm-equipment-ukraine-disabled-remotely-john-deere)**
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> Some equipment was hauled nearly 700 miles away.

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**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2022, 5:41pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/remote-lockouts-foil-farm-equipment-thieves/184007/2 "2022-05-05T17:41:22Z")

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Yeah farming today is anything but low tech. What was that famous Bloomberg statement again? The equipment has on-line monitoring to determine fertilizer, seeds, yield, etc. Every field is mapped by GPS and even self-driving. Nothing like the old days of using horses to pull a plow. It’s amazingly sophisticated.

I’ll have to say though, I’ve been in a number of countries over there but never saw any green and yellow farm equipment that I recall. Mostly blue and red. So that’s a surprise.

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**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2022, 6:05pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/remote-lockouts-foil-farm-equipment-thieves/184007/3 "2022-05-05T18:05:34Z")

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I don’t find the sophisticated anti-theft equipment surprising. The combines mentioned in the article are $300,000 each. The added security is a drop in the bucket compared to the purchase price. Surely theft of such expensive equipment is a problem in the US too.