Is John Deere publicly traded?

Yes. John Deere is publicly traded on public markets, per the DEPLOY registry.

Who competes with John Deere?

On the DEPLOY registry, peer companies to John Deere building in the same form factors include DJI, Naio Technologies, WORX Landroid, Carbon Robotics.

Who is the CEO of John Deere?

John C. May is the ceo of John Deere, per the DEPLOY registry.

How can I invest in John Deere?

John Deere is publicly traded (public markets), so its shares can be bought through any broker.

Where is John Deere headquartered?

John Deere is headquartered in Moline, Illinois, USA.

John Deere is publicly held by its shareholders.

Where does John Deere operate robots?

John Deere is a robot manufacturer and does not directly operate deployments on the DEPLOY registry. Its products are deployed by customer operators; see the company page for the verified deployment record.

Is John Deere a top robotics company?

On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, funding, hiring, media, safety, and IP signals, John Deere ranks in roughly the top 16% of companies tracked by the registry.

When was John Deere founded?

John Deere was founded in 1837.

John Deere has no incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. This does not constitute a safety guarantee; it reflects the incidents DEPLOY has tracked and verified to date.

Company

John Deere

Q: What does John Deere make?

John Deere has 1 robot model on the DEPLOY registry: John Deere autonomous tractor + See & Spray (John Deere builds both physical robots and the AI that runs them).

Deere & Company (Moline IL; NYSE:DE): major agricultural-equipment maker running an autonomous-tractor + See & Spray targeted-herbicide robotics program.

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Founded: 1837
HQ: Moline, Illinois, USA
Status: public (NYSE:DE)

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Key facts

Commercial product

See & Spray targeted herbicide (Blue River lineage): ~5M acres in 2025.

Autonomy

Autonomous 8R (tillage, commercial) + CES-2025 9RX/5ML (early rollout); Bear Flag Robotics ($250M, 2021) + Blue River ($305M, 2017) acquisitions.

Legal name

Deere & Company

Stock listing

NYSE:DE

Industry

Major agricultural-equipment maker

Data & sources

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Web sources

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Current platform

John Deere autonomous tractor + See & Spray

John Deere (Deere & Company; Moline, Illinois; NYSE:DE; founded 1837) runs one of the most advanced autonomous-agriculture programs among the major equipment makers. Its most mature robotics product is See & Spray, a computer-vision targeted-herbicide system descended from Blue River Technology (acquired in 2017 for about $305 million), which covered roughly 5 million acres in 2025 at around a 50 percent average herbicide reduction. Deere's Autonomous 8R tractor, revealed at CES 2022, operates commercially but only for tillage, and its perception stack draws on Bear Flag Robotics (acquired in August 2021 for $250 million). At CES 2025 Deere revealed a second generation of autonomy: the Autonomous 9RX large tractor, a 5ML orchard tractor, a 460 P-Tier articulated dump truck, and a battery-electric mower, though Deere published no firm ship dates, so these are treated as early or limited rollout, with the dump truck in pilot trials and the mower pre-commercial. Deere's stated goal is to deliver a fully autonomous corn and soybean production system by 2030, a demonstration and availability target rather than a fleet-scale deployment promise. The frequently cited figure of 1 to 2 million autonomous machines could not be verified and appears to conflate a separate connected-machines connectivity goal, so it is not asserted here.

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Explainers

Plain-language answers to the questions people ask about John Deere, from DEPLOY’s explainer library. Each is written in the language of the question and cross-checked against this registry.

What is an agricultural robot?
An agricultural robot is a robot that performs farming tasks (autonomous tractor operations, weed identification, planting, harvesting, dairy automation) in field or barn environments. DEPLOY tracks 8 verified agricultural entities; 3 of the 8 are distressed, defunct, or restructured (Monarch acquired by Caterpillar April 2026 + Naïo judicial recovery + Iron Ox defunct via Inevitable Tech). The verified-vs-claimed gap is wider in farm robotics than in any other category DEPLOY covers. Surface that transparently when evaluating agricultural robotics commercialization.
What is John Deere Autonomous?
John Deere Autonomous is John Deere's autonomous-equipment program operating verified commercial farm deployment at meaningful scale. See & Spray (computer-vision-targeted herbicide application) deploys across approximately 5 million verified acres per Deere investor materials. The 8R autonomous tractor operates tillage-only (not full-task autonomy); the 9RX and 5ML announced at CES 2025 are in early rollout, not at-scale shipping. Foundational acquisitions: Blue River Technology (2017, ~$305M; See & Spray foundation) and Bear Flag Robotics (2021, ~$250M; autonomy stack). Deere is the largest verified commercial deployer in DEPLOY's agricultural cohort, the verified-at-scale exemplar contrasting with Monarch's collapse and Iron Ox's defunction.