American maker of construction and mining machinery
Irving, US
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John Deere
American maker of tractors and farm machinery
Moline, US Founded 1837 500+ employees
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Deere & Company, sold under the John Deere name, is an American machinery maker headquartered in Moline, Illinois. John Deere, a blacksmith, built a steel plow in 1837 that was better suited to prairie soil. The company reports results in dollars with a fiscal year that ends late in the year. It runs factories in the United States, Germany, Brazil, India and China, and it employs a large workforce.
The company builds tractors, combines, planters, sprayers and cotton pickers for farms. It also makes construction equipment, forestry machines and lawn mowers. The green and yellow colors are widely known on farms.
Deere has been adding GPS guidance, sensors and automation to its machines, which feed data into its Operations Center software. It sells through a dealer network and offers financing through John Deere Financial. The shares trade on the New York Stock Exchange. The company has faced right-to-repair disputes with farmers over access to software. Its competitors include CNH Industrial and AGCO. John Deere sells equipment in more than 100 countries.
The company builds tractors, combines, planters, sprayers and cotton pickers for farms. It also makes construction equipment, forestry machines and lawn mowers. The green and yellow colors are widely known on farms.
Deere has been adding GPS guidance, sensors and automation to its machines, which feed data into its Operations Center software. It sells through a dealer network and offers financing through John Deere Financial. The shares trade on the New York Stock Exchange. The company has faced right-to-repair disputes with farmers over access to software. Its competitors include CNH Industrial and AGCO. John Deere sells equipment in more than 100 countries.
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