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Deere

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IAM Begins Negotiations With Deere On A New Contract

August 5, 2022August 9, 2022 Vernon Schmidt Deere, Union

Deere begins contract negotiations with union at Horicon Works.

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Gates Gives Deere Stock to Foundation

July 25, 2022July 27, 2022 Vernon Schmidt Deere, Bill Gates

Co-founder of Microsoft Corp. transferred more than 3 million shares of Deere stock to the foundation on Thursday from Cascade Investment LLC

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Manufacturing Shortliner News 

Deere Moving More Production to Mexico

July 22, 2022July 22, 2022 Vernon Schmidt Deere

Deere has announced it will move mower conditioner production from Ottumwa to Mexico by the end of 2023.

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Jury Rejects Deere Lawsuit Against AGCO Over Patents

July 12, 2022July 13, 2022 Vernon Schmidt Deere, AGCO, Patents

Federal court found that AGCO Corp’s planting equipment did not infringe two patents owned by agriculture-industry rival Deere & Co.

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Deere Moving Tractor Cab Production to Mexico

June 22, 2022June 22, 2022 Vernon Schmidt Deere

Deere & Co. moving tractor cab production from Waterloo plant to Mexico . . . “given a tight labor market”

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Court Consolidates Deere Right-to-Repair Cases

June 22, 2022June 22, 2022 Vernon Schmidt Right to Repair, Deere

Majority of class-action lawsuits brought against John Deere over the right to repair farm equipment will be heard by a federal court in Illinois

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Deere – GUSS Joint Venture

April 27, 2022April 27, 2022 Vernon Schmidt Deere

On the heels of announcing a joint venture with SureFire Ag Systems, Deere has announced a joint venture with GUSS Automation.

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Shortliner News Ag 

Deere Responds to Right-to-Repair Suits, Farmers Continue Pressure

March 8, 2022March 8, 2022 Kristi Ruggles Deere

Deere shareholders asked executives during a recent meeting how the company plans to address these challenges.

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Manufacturing Shortliner News 

Deere Buys Battery Developer, Connectivity Platform

January 4, 2022January 4, 2022 Kristi Ruggles Deere, Kreisel

Kreisel Electric will retain its brand and continue to operate in Austria. AgriSync will sunset its brand and focus exclusively on the Deere-branded version of its product.

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Manufacturing Shortliner News 

Deere to Expand IT Workforce

December 14, 2021December 14, 2021 Kristi Ruggles Deere, IT

Deere will add 150 IT jobs at a new office in Chicago with a goal of hiring 300 people to support IT and other roles.

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Shortliner 

Deere CEO Named to Seat on Ford Board

December 14, 2021December 14, 2021 Kristi Ruggles Deere, John May

John May’s appointment expands Ford’s board to 15 members.

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Manufacturing Shortliner News 

Impact of Deere Strike Appears Minimal in Earnings

December 1, 2021December 1, 2021 Kristi Ruggles Deere, Strike

The five-week strike that straddled the end of a fiscal year and start of another likely cut Deere’s production by 10 to 15 percent, but earnings remained strong.

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Manufacturing Shortliner News 

UAW Members to Vote on Third Deere Contract Offer

November 16, 2021November 18, 2021 Kristi Ruggles Deere, UAW

Union members will vote on the contract Wednesday. The latest agreement is Deere’s “last, best and final offer,” a UAW spokesperson said.

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Manufacturing News 

Deere Workers On Strike

October 14, 2021October 14, 2021 Vernon Schmidt Deere, Strike

Some 10,000 unionized workers at Deere & Company went on strike early Thursday after overwhelmingly rejecting a contract proposal worked out

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Shortliner News 

Deere, UAW Reach Tentative Agreement

October 5, 2021October 14, 2021 Kristi Ruggles Deere, UAW

The current contract expired Friday morning, but a contract extension was approved in the overnight hours so work could continue as negotiations did.

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Manufacturing Shortliner News 

Deere Forecasts Big Jump in Large Equipment Sales

August 24, 2021August 24, 2021 Kristi Ruggles Earnings Report, Deere

In small agriculture and turf, net sales increased by 32 percent, and operating profits climbed 73 percent.

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Manufacturing Shortliner News 

Deere, UAW Begin Negotiations

August 24, 2021August 24, 2021 Kristi Ruggles Deere, UAW

The current six-year master agreement covers approximately 10,100 production and maintenance employees at 12 Deere facilities.

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Deere Buys Bear Flag

August 13, 2021August 13, 2021 Kristi Ruggles Deere, autonomy

Deere wants to have driverless tractors in the field over the next year and is “effectively in market with real customers today.”

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Single Store Dealer Reacts to Deere Termination

May 18, 2021May 18, 2021 Kristi Ruggles Deere

In a letter to his community, the owner of Tri-County Equipment explained Deere’s departure from his lot and looked to the future.

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Manufacturing Shortliner News 

Deere Expands in Africa

April 20, 2021April 20, 2021 Kristi Ruggles Deere, Africa

The company seeks to benefit from a rollout of infrastructure and urbanization across the continent.

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Manufacturing Shortliner News 

Deere to Close Remanufacturing Plant

March 9, 2021March 9, 2021 Kristi Ruggles Deere

John Deere is consolidating its remanufacturing facilities and will shut down a Canadian plant later this year.

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Deere to Support Wiedenmann Aeration

February 9, 2021February 9, 2021 Kristi Ruggles Deere, Wiedenmann

Deere’s golf and sports dealer network will sell and support the Wiedenmann line of aeration solutions.

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Manufacturing Shortliner News 

Deere Sues Kinze, Ag Leader

January 26, 2021January 26, 2021 Kristi Ruggles Deere, patent infringement, Ag Leader

An agricultural engineering field specialist says the Ag Leader-Kinze high-speed planter is not identical to Deere’s but it relies on a similar system to discharge the seeds.

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Manufacturing News 

Deere Recalls Rotary Tillers Manufactured in India

January 11, 2021January 11, 2021 Vernon Schmidt Deere, India

(RTTNews) – John Deere, the brand name of machinery manufacturer Deere & Co., has recalled Frontier model rotary tillers citing

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Manufacturing Shortliner News 

Deere Buys Software Firm

December 1, 2020December 1, 2020 Kristi Ruggles Deere, Harvest Profit

Harvest Profit, which produces software to help farmers analyze their data and better understand the financial outcomes, will retain its brand name.

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Kinze Challenges Deere to a Planting Contest

October 13, 2020October 13, 2020 Kristi Ruggles Deere, Kinze, Race challenge

Kinze President Susanne Veatch has invited Deere to a planter race. The winner gets bragging rights. The loser donates to Habitat for Humanity.

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Manufacturing Shortliner News 

Association of Black Farmers Persists in Deere Boycott

September 29, 2020September 29, 2020 Kristi Ruggles Deere, National Black Farmers Association

Deere responded to allegations of unfairness with a statement detailing its contributions to equality and an announcement of a new coalition, but that did not diminish the resolve of the NBFA.

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Shortliner News Ag 

Deere to Expand in Australia, New Zealand

September 29, 2020September 29, 2020 Kristi Ruggles Deere

Deere’s business in Australia, New Zealand, Asia, Africa and the Middle East accounts for almost 10 percent of the company’s total revenue.

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Manufacturing Shortliner News 

Former Deere Exec Joins Ford

September 15, 2020September 15, 2020 Kristi Ruggles Deere, Ford, Alex Purdy

The Deere exec who led efforts to deliver artificial intelligence on the farm has joined Ford. He and the new CEO want Ford’s commercial customers to regularly pay for services, creating a revenue stream that flows throughout the vehicle’s life.

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Manufacturing Shortliner News 

Deere’s Lagemann Elects to Retire

September 15, 2020September 15, 2020 Kristi Ruggles Deere, Lagermann

The senior vice president of Ag &Turf will retire Oct. 31. Succeeding him will be Dave Gilmore, a 30-year veteran at Deere.

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Manufacturing Shortliner News 

Bell Equipment Will Stop Exclusively Selling Deere

September 15, 2020September 15, 2020 Kristi Ruggles Deere

Bell will cease to distribute Bell-branded equipment built by Deere. It also will transition to a non-exclusive dealer arrangement with Deere.

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Shortliner 

Deere Announces Employee Buyouts, New Leaders

June 30, 2020July 14, 2020 Kristi Ruggles Deere

Deere last week rolled out another voluntary severance program for U.S. salaried employees. Some positions are exempt, such as workers in precision ag, data and analytics, and IT departments.

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Uncategorized 

Deere Announces New Model, Leadership Changes

June 17, 2020July 14, 2020 Kristi Ruggles Deere

Deere has announced a new operating model and a series of leadership changes to support the model.

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Manufacturing Shortliner News 

Sales Fall in Deere’s Second Quarter

June 2, 2020June 2, 2020 Kristi Ruggles Earnings Report, Deere

The loss of potentially $1 billion in net income is a microcosm of how the pandemic is impacting the agriculture supply chain and farmers.

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Manufacturing 

Deere Reports 2Q Results

May 26, 2020May 26, 2020 Vernon Schmidt Deere

Agriculture & Turf sales down 18% from same quarter last year Forecast to decline 10 to 15 percent for fiscal

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Manufacturing Shortliner News 

Deere Pauses Production, Lays Off Workers

May 5, 2020May 5, 2020 Kristi Ruggles Deere

The pause in production is expected to last 15 days. It is the result of disruption in the supply chain and weakened demand.

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Shortliner COVID-19 

Farm Equipment Makers, Related Industries React

March 31, 2020March 31, 2020 Kristi Ruggles Deere, Alamo Group, CNHi, COVID-19

Deere, AGCO, CNHI, and Alamo have reacted to the pandemic by temporarily shuttering overseas operations. Domestically, there is news of layoffs and plant closures resulting from employees testing positive.

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Manufacturing News 

Deere Suspends Operations in Brazil

March 25, 2020March 25, 2020 Kristi Ruggles Deere, COVID-19

Deere & Co. is halting production in agricultural behemoth Brazil as the coronavirus outbreak erodes sales for the world’s biggest

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Deere Reports Earnings, Allen Resigns as Board Chair

March 3, 2020March 3, 2020 Kristi Ruggles Earnings Report, Deere, Samuel Allen

Deere recently reported better-than-expected fiscal first-quarter results and said the U.S. farming industry is showing signs of improvement.

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Shortliner News 

CNH, Deere Announce Layoffs

March 3, 2020March 17, 2020 Kristi Ruggles Deere, CNH, layoffs

Deere plans to lay off 42 workers in Waterloo, Iowa. The Case New Holland plant in Fargo, N.D. is laying off 35 people.

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News 

Allen elects to retire as Deere Board chairman

March 2, 2020March 18, 2020 Vernon Schmidt Deere

After a 45-year career, Samuel R. Allen has elected to retire May 1 from his current position as chairman of the Deere &

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Uncategorized 

Deere Reports 1Q results – Says ‘farmer confidence, though still subdued, has improved’

February 21, 2020March 24, 2020 Vernon Schmidt Deere

Deere’s agriculture and turf division fell 4 percent from the year prior to $4.49 billion during the three months through Feb. 2.

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Manufacturing Shortliner News 

Deere Downsizes at Construction, Forestry Plant

February 18, 2020February 18, 2020 Kristi Ruggles Deere, layoffs

John Deere Dubuque Works announced Friday that it will lay off 105 employees.

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Shortliner Featured - Home Small 

Jury Awards $5 Million to Widow in Tractor Fatality

January 28, 2020January 28, 2020 Kristi Ruggles Deere, lawsuit

A jury in Oklahoma recently awarded a woman $5 million in a civil suit claiming her husband’s death in a tractor accident was the equipment manufacturer’s fault.

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Shortliner 

Deere Discusses Plan to Boost Profits

January 12, 2020January 12, 2020 Kristi Ruggles Deere, earnings, layoffs

Deere & Co. last week said it will cut costs and ramp up investment in data-driven agriculture technology and its services business to make itself more profitable. The company is also reviewing its overseas footprint in markets that have peaked or over-invested.

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Shortliner 

Deere Reduces Workforce

October 22, 2019October 22, 2019 Kristi Ruggles Deere, ag economy

Deere recently announced indefinite layoffs amid demand woes.

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Manufacturing Shortliner 

Deere Turns to U.S. After Growth Overseas Stalls

October 1, 2019October 1, 2019 Kristi Ruggles Deere, John May

John May, Deere’s incoming chief executive, will narrow the company’s focus to enhancing technology and growing the U.S. market. This is a pivot from CEO Sam Allen’s emphasis on selling more equipment in developing markets overseas.

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Deere Sues Former Employee, Husband-Wife Duo Over Trade Secrets

September 17, 2019September 18, 2019 Kristi Ruggles Deere, trade secret, lawsuit

Deere filed suit this week in U.S. District Court against two former employees for allegedly stealing trade secrets. The suit claims the husband and wife downloaded, transferred and removed confidential information while planning their exits.

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Legal & Legislative Issues 

Deere sues two former employees over trade secrets

September 16, 2019September 16, 2019 Vernon Schmidt Deere, Seth Crawford

Deere & Co. filed suit last week in U.S. District Court against two former employees for allegedly stealing trade secrets.

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Shortliner 

Deere’s Quarterly Report Shows Sales Dip

September 3, 2019September 4, 2019 Kristi Ruggles Deere

For the quarter ending July 28, sales at its agriculture and turf segment declined 6 percent year-on-year. Overall, equipment sales were down 3 percent. The company cut its full-year earnings outlook for the second time in the past three months.

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