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Deere & Company

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Agricultural Equipment · Moline, IL · Est. 1837
AgricultureConstructionManufacturingAutonomyEquipment↗ Website
$110.2B
Valuation
$47.0B
Revenue
75k+
Employees
1837
Founded

Deere & Company designs, manufactures, and distributes agricultural, construction, and forestry equipment under the John Deere brand. Serving farmers, contractors, and landowners in 100+ countries, the company is the world's largest manufacturer of agricultural machinery and is rapidly integrating autonomy, AI, and precision agriculture technology into its equipment platform.

Recent Press
5 items
Press Release·2026-02-19
Deere Reports First Quarter Net Income of $656 Million
Deere & Company reported first quarter net income of $656 million, or $2.42 per diluted share, for the period ended February 1, 2026. Worldwide net sales and revenues were $8.508 billion as the company continued executing on its Smart Industrial Strategy.
Press Release·2025-11-26
Deere Reports Net Income of $1.065 Billion for Fourth Quarter, $5.027 Billion for Fiscal Year
Deere & Company reported fourth quarter net income of $1.065 billion and full-year fiscal 2025 net income of $5.027 billion. Fourth-quarter worldwide net sales and revenues increased 11% to $12.394 billion, reflecting resilience despite challenging agricultural market conditions.
Press Release·2025-11-03
Deere & Company Announces Key Leadership Changes
Deere & Company announced several executive appointments to advance its Smart Industrial Strategy, including Deanna Kovar becoming President of Worldwide Agriculture & Turf Division for Production and Precision Agriculture.
Acquisition·2025-05-23
John Deere Acquires Sentera to Integrate Aerial Field Scouting
John Deere announced the acquisition of Sentera, a leading provider of aerial remote imagery and agronomic analytics headquartered in St. Paul, Minnesota. The acquisition strengthens John Deere's precision agriculture capabilities by integrating drone-based field scouting directly into its operations platform.
Press Release·2025-05-15
Deere Reports Second Quarter Net Income of $1.804 Billion
Deere & Company reported second quarter fiscal 2025 net income of $1.804 billion, or $6.64 per diluted share, on worldwide net sales and revenues of $12.763 billion. The company updated its full-year 2025 net income forecast to a range of $4.75 billion to $5.50 billion.
Company History
9 milestones
Blacksmith John Deere invented the self-scouring steel plow that could cut through the sticky Midwest prairie soil without clogging — solving a critical problem for frontier farmers and launching the company that would bear his name.

Deere & Company Organization Structure & Team

Org Chart
75,000 employees · Click a leader to explore their team
46,250 across 12 departments
Chief Executive Officer
John May
Joshua Jepsen — Departments
· 46250 people across 12 depts

Deere & Company Financials, Revenue & Market Share

Annual Revenue
$47.0B
-9% vs prior year
YoY Growth
-9%
From $44.0B to $47.0B
Revenue / Employee
$689K
Annual revenue per full-time employee
Revenue Growth
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
$44.0B
$52.6B
$55.7B
$51.7B
$47.0B
Market Share
Global Agricultural Equipment
38%
share
Deere & Company
38%
CNH Industrial
22%
AGCO Corporation
13%
Kubota
11%
Others
16%
$250B
TAM
$120B
SAM
$51.7B
SOM
Revenue Streams
Production & Precision Agriculture40%
Construction & Forestry Equipment26%
Small Agriculture, Turf & Parts20%
Financial Services14%
Business Units
Production & Precision Agriculture40%
Largest segment covering large agricultural equipment including the 8R/9R/10R tractor lines, S-Series combines, ExactEmerge planters, and See & Spray sprayers for high-acre commercial farming.
Small Agriculture & Turf20%
Compact tractors (1-6 Series), Gator utility vehicles, ZTrak and X700 riding mowers for smaller farms, municipalities, golf courses, and residential customers.
Construction & Forestry26%
Full line of earthmoving, road building, and forestry equipment including 300G/350G excavators, 700K bulldozers, and TimberPro forestry harvesters.
John Deere Financial14%
Captive finance subsidiary providing retail and wholesale financing, leasing, and insurance products that support equipment sales and generate recurring fee income independent of equipment cycles.

Deere & Company Internal Tools & Processes

Internal Tools
12 departments
Product Engineering & Design6500 people · 3 roles
Standards & Certifications
10 standards
Compliance frameworks, security audits, and quality certifications this company maintains.
Quality
ISO 9001
Certified
Deere & Company maintains ISO 9001 certification across its global manufacturing operations, ensuring consistent quality management system standards at tractor, combine, and construction equipment plants in Waterloo, Iowa; Moline, Illinois; and international facilities.
Environmental
ISO 14001
Certified
Deere's major manufacturing facilities operate under ISO 14001 environmental management certification, providing a systematic framework for reducing waste, lowering energy consumption, and managing environmental impact at high-volume equipment production sites.
Safety
ISO 45001
Certified
John Deere maintains ISO 45001 occupational health and safety certification at its manufacturing operations, supporting a culture of workplace safety for the 20,000+ factory employees working in assembly, welding, and machining environments across North American plants.
Regulatory
EPA Tier 4 Final
Compliant
All John Deere off-highway diesel engines sold in North America comply with EPA Tier 4 Final emissions standards, requiring advanced engine management and exhaust aftertreatment systems that reduce NOx and PM emissions by over 90% compared to pre-Tier 4 levels.
Regulatory
EU Stage V
Compliant
John Deere construction and agricultural equipment sold in the European Union complies with EU Stage V non-road mobile machinery emissions regulations, the most stringent off-road emissions standard globally, requiring particulate filters and selective catalytic reduction systems.
Security
SOC 2 Type II
Certified
John Deere Operations Center, the precision agriculture data platform used by over 375,000 connected equipment users, maintains SOC 2 Type II certification covering security, availability, and confidentiality of farm operation data entrusted to Deere's cloud infrastructure.
Regulatory
FCC Part 15
Compliant
John Deere precision agriculture technology including StarFire GPS receivers, JDLink telematics modems, and machine-to-machine communication systems comply with FCC Part 15 radio frequency emission standards for unintentional radiators in the United States.
Privacy
GDPR
Compliant
Deere & Company's John Deere Operations Center precision agriculture platform complies with the EU General Data Protection Regulation, governing how Deere collects, processes, and retains field operation data from European farming customers and their equipment.
Regulatory
ITAR
Compliant
Deere & Company complies with International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) for defense-related equipment and technology exports, relevant to John Deere military vehicle programs and FMTV (Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles) production historically conducted for the US Army.
Environmental
GHG Protocol
Compliant
John Deere reports Scope 1, 2, and 3 greenhouse gas emissions annually using the GHG Protocol Corporate Standard, aligned with its commitment to reduce absolute Scope 1 and 2 emissions 50% by 2030 and achieve net-zero value chain emissions by 2050.

Deere & Company Interview Preparation

Interview Prep
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Product Engineering & Design· 3 roles

Deere & Company Products & Competitors

Product Suite
5 products · select one to explore
Agricultural Equipment
Industrial Equipment
John Deere 8R Autonomous Tractor
Farm Without Limits.

The 8R Autonomous Tractor is John Deere's fully driverless precision farming platform, using six pairs of stereo cameras, RTK GPS, and on-board AI to execute tillage and planting passes without an operator in the cab. Farmers monitor and control field operations remotely via the John Deere Operations Center mobile app, reclaiming labor from repetitive field tasks.

Use Cases
Executing overnight autonomous tillage passes on 5,000-acre row-crop farms, allowing a single operator to manage multiple machines remotely via the Operations Center appRunning autonomous corn planting passes with ExactEmerge planter integration to maintain consistent seeding depth and spacing without driver fatigue affecting qualityDeploying autonomous tractors for cover crop termination passes during spring rush when labor availability is the binding constraint on field operations
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Key Customers
FBN
Farmers Business Network
WE
Wilbur-Ellis
USACE
US Army Corps of Engineers
Competitive Intelligence
VSCNH Autonomous Concept Tractor
THEM

CNH Industrial has demonstrated autonomous tractor concepts under the Case IH and New Holland brands but has not yet achieved commercial deployment of a fully driverless production tractor at the scale of John Deere's 8R Autonomous platform.

EDGE

John Deere is the only manufacturer with a commercially available fully autonomous tractor at production scale, with 375,000+ connected machines providing a data moat for continued autonomy improvement

VSAgXcelerate Raven Autonomy Kit
THEM

CNH Raven Applied Technology offers an aftermarket autonomy retrofit kit for existing tractors, providing assisted autonomy features including auto-guidance and headland management without requiring a new tractor purchase.

EDGE

John Deere's integrated factory-built autonomy system offers deeper machine integration and more reliable sensor fusion than aftermarket retrofit kits applied to aging tractor platforms

VSTrimble Autonomy Platform
THEM

Trimble's autonomy platform provides precision guidance and assisted driving technology that can be applied across multiple tractor brands, offering farmers flexibility in equipment brand choice while adding precision ag capabilities.

EDGE

Factory-integrated autonomy using native machine communication protocols delivers more reliable obstacle detection and machine control response than brand-agnostic aftermarket systems