Deere & Co. is launching the Startup Collaborator program in its Intelligent Solutions Group to enhance and deepen its interaction with startup companies whose technology could add value for John Deere customers.

Deere & Co. has signed a definitive agreement to acquire PLA, a privately-held manufacturer of sprayers, planters, and specialty products for agriculture.

Deere & Co. reported net income of $1.208 billion for the second quarter ended April 29, 2018 compared with net income of $808.5 million for the quarter ended April 30, 2017.

Deere & Co. plans to construct a new 33,000-square-foot facility at the Iowa State University (ISU) Research Park as a design and test lab for agricultural spraying and applications technology.

Dealers voice both disappointment and relief to the termination of Deere's planned acquisition of Precision Planting and discuss the impact the outcome could have on their businesses going forward.

One of the toughest challenges ag retailers and agronomists have faced in using precision ag technologies is that different software and hardware systems haven’t been able to “talk” to each other, hampering the ability to help producers manage valuable data. Now that is changing with the introduction of AgGateway’s ADAPT software toolkit.

Deere & Co. said Thursday it has fully acquired Auteq Telemática, an onboard software and computer company located in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

The chief economist for Deere & Co. will review historical developments in agriculture and give his insight into what could lie ahead for the industry during Purdue University’s James C. Snyder Memorial Lecture April 11.