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Thu July 07, 2011

Students Earn John Deere Construction & Forestry Degrees

Students completing the John Deere career partnership program received Associate of Applied Science Degrees in John Deere Construction & Forestry Technology on June 9, 2011, from Southeast Community College....

Mon May 23, 2011

Deere 2Q Net Income Jumps 65 Percent as Sales Grow

MOLINE, Illinois (AP) Deere & Co. said May 18 its fiscal second-quarter profit soared 65 percent because of strong demand for its agricultural equipment, especially in the United States, Canada and Brazil....

Mon May 16, 2011

John Deere Teaches Students About Construction Industry Through Construction Challenge Sponsorship

To help educate students considering careers in the construction industry, John Deere Construction & Forestry sponsored a team from the Bartlett, Ill., High School Academy of Science and Engineering in this year’s Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) Construction Challenge....

Fri May 13, 2011

John Deere Simulators Give Customers Training in a Safe, Controlled Environment

To help customers reduce traditional training costs and the need to use real equipment, John Deere has introduced two new operator training simulators for crawler dozer and backhoe operation along with new technology that enhances the virtual environment....

Fri April 15, 2011

John Deere to Use Variable-Speed Fan on Interim Tier IV/Stage III B Engine Lineup

John Deere Power Systems’s (JDPS) complete lineup of Interim Tier IV/Stage III B off-highway and gen-set diesel engines 75 hp (56 kW) and above will be available with a new factory-installed variable-speed fan drive....

Wed April 13, 2011

John Deere Wins President’s Award from the Common Ground Alliance

John Deere Construction & Forestry recently was awarded the Common Ground Alliance’s (CGA) President’s Corporate Award of Excellence for promoting the Alliance and the 811 “call-before-you-dig” safety program....

Jeff Winke - Fri March 25, 2011

John Deere With Trimble Helps Virginia Contractor

Some business decisions are big. A recent one for Jack L. Massie Contractor, Williamsburg, Va., was literally and figuratively big. It acquired the first production model of John Deere’s massive 764 high-speed dozer (HSD), which it equipped with a Trimble GCS900 grade control system to maximize its performance....

Mon February 21, 2011

Deere’s Profit Jumps On Strong North America Sales

NEW YORK (AP) Deere & Co., the world’s largest maker of agricultural equipment, said Feb. 16 its fiscal first-quarter net income more than doubled, driven by growing sales of large farm machinery in the United States and Canada....

Wed January 26, 2011

Deere & Co. to Spend About $100M on India Plants

New York (AP) Deere & Co. said Jan. 19 that it will spend about $100 million to build a new factory in India and expand an existing tractor plant in an effort to keep up with anticipated demand there. John Deere India has been the largest exporter of agricultural machinery from India for the past 5 years....

Wed December 22, 2010

Deere Plans to Build $50M Equipment Plant in China

MOLINE, Illinois (AP) Deere & Co., will invest $50 million in a new manufacturing plant in China to make construction equipment. Deere said the new plant in Tianjin will produce four-wheel-drive loaders and excavators....