In Consumer Reports’ 2017 survey of 11,217 subscribers, John Deere takes the top prize as the most reliable brand of lawn tractors and among the more reliable zero-turn-radius mowers. And reliability is key — in our fix-it surveys, readers told us that they're more likely to repair lawn tractors and ZTRs than any other products we ask about, even such big-ticket major appliances as washing machines and refrigerators.

Rural Lifestyle Manufacturer Husqvarna Turf Care, announced Thursday afternoon that it will be consolidating operations from Beatrice to Orangeburg, South Carolina.