# John Deere: company

Canonical ID: `c6fa1c93-2675-490a-9dac-4bbe951a16cf`

## 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.

- **Slug:** john-deere
- **Status:** public (NYSE:DE)
- **Founded:** 1837
- **HQ:** Moline, Illinois, USA

## Models

- [John Deere autonomous tractor + See & Spray](/models/deere-autonomous-tractor.md) (agriculture) (id: `a33f007d-e9e9-4f85-ad55-8ac20842255d`)

## Supplies to

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## 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/

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