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Company

John Deere

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

Based in Moline, Illinois, USA · Founded 1837 · 1 model on record


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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.
HQ
Moline, Illinois, USA
Founded
1837
Status
public (NYSE:DE)
Type
both
ID
c6fa1c93-2675-490a-9dac-4bbe951a16cf

Models (1)

Supplies to

No verified supply relationships on file. Supply-chain coverage is being added across the registry; check back as the seed populates this company’s outbound edges.

Outbound supply edges from this company. Each relationship appears here when verified with at least two strong sources (maker-official / IR / regulatory / standards-body / verified tier-2). Sources are append-only; corrections add new sources rather than rewrite history.

Sources (4)

  1. https://www.deere.com/en/news/all-news/autonomous-9RX/
  2. https://www.therobotreport.com/john-deere-harvests-the-seeds-of-large-vehicle-autonomy/
  3. https://www.globalagtechinitiative.com/in-field-technologies/robotics-automation/john-deere-customers-use-see-spray-technology-across-five-million-acres-in-2025/
  4. https://www.therobotreport.com/john-deere-acquiring-bear-flag-robotics-250m/

Common questions

What is John Deere?
Deere & Company (Moline IL; NYSE:DE): major agricultural-equipment maker running an autonomous-tractor + See & Spray targeted-herbicide robotics program.
Where is John Deere based?
John Deere is based in Moline, Illinois, USA.
When was John Deere founded?
John Deere was founded in 1837.
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).
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.