Discover how John Deere's 1837 steel plow transformed American agriculture, helping pioneers farm the tough soils of the Midwest.

You spot them everywhere: John Deere machines. That bright green color catches the eye, but there is another detail that raises some eyebrows about the company; John Deere hailed from Rutland, making ...

Walking around the exhibits at Farmfest last week, I had a "Wait, what?" moment. Amid its usual collection of giant John Deere combines and tractors, farm dealer Kibble Equipment had an ordinary plow ...

John Deere & Company (NYSE: DE), a leader in agricultural machinery and construction equipment, recently announced its third-quarter results, offering insights into its steadfast growth trajectory ...

For a long while now, farmers using John Deere tractors to plow their fields have been getting plowed by John Deere. The ...

The Feb. 7, 2004, bicentennial of John Deere’s birth passed quietly in his native Rutland. Likewise in Middlebury, where he got his start as a blacksmith, it was marked as a footnote rather than a ...

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John Deere is taking the Internet of Things out into the field by developing new technologies and embracing existing ones to boost the efficiency of prepping, planting, feeding and harvesting with the ...

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