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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…
- Manufacturer
- John Deere
- Form factor
- agriculture
- Maturity
- commercial
- Lifecycle
- active
- Deployments
- 3
Overview
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.
Verified vs. claimed
- Maturity stage
- commercial(Commercially deployed with revenue-generating operations.)
- Verified deployments
- 3 deployments on file
- Sources on file
- 7 sources, view all
Key facts
Acres covered
Herbicide reduction
Acquisition price
Acquisition price
Production target
Specs
Crop
Notes
Runtime
Products
Implement
Max speed
Form Factor
Data & sources
Press releases
2
News coverage
3
Web sources
2
7 sources backing this record.View all →
Availability and pricing
- Availability
- Not sold (internal use)
- Price
- $300K to $500K (analyst estimate)as of 2025-01-01
- Units in field
- Not disclosed
- Sales model
- Not disclosed
- Lead time
- Not disclosed
Pricing
One-time purchase
$300,000 - $500,000 USDanalyst estimateas of 2025-01-01
Price status: actual-sale-price = real published price at time of sale; manufacturer-target = vendor target, not yet realized; analyst-estimate = third-party projection, not a vendor figure; not-announced = no price on record.
Prices verified as of Jan 1, 2025
Deployments (3)
DeJong Farms near Mosinee, Wisconsin (Marathon County) operates a John Deere factory-autonomy tractor, described as the first driverless tractor owner in Wisconsin and one of roughly 20 US owners of model-year-2025…
John Deere autonomous tractor deployed at sugarcane farms in São Paulo state, Brazil.
John Deere commercial rollout of the autonomous 8R tractor across Iowa corn and soybean farms began in 2022 following the CES 2022 unveil (January 4, 2022).
John Deere autonomous tractor + See & Spray on the deployment map
Where John Deere autonomous tractor + See & Spray is verified operating. Explore the deployment map by place and type.
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Verified media addedVerifiedJun 8, 2026
Autonomous 8R Tractor | John Deere Precision Ag
- Verified media addedVerifiedJun 4, 2026
John Deere autonomous tractors
- Record createdJun 3, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedApr 1, 2025
at Mosinee, Wisconsin
- Price point recorded: $300,000-$500,000Jan 1, 2025
Analyst estimate
Deployment-verified media (2)
John Deere footage of its autonomous 9RX/8R tractors. In-field autonomy is GPS- and vision-guided and operator-monitored (the farmer supervises and can intervene via app), not unsupervised.
From deployment: Sao Paulo, Brazil
Official John Deere video showcasing the autonomous 8R tractor for large-scale production agriculture. Features TruSet-enabled chisel plow, StarFire GPS guidance, and six stereo camera pairs for 360-degree obstacle detection.
From deployment: Sao Paulo, Brazil
Supply chain (2)
Compute / semiconductor
- NVIDIANVIDIA Jetson Orin -- AI compute for See & Spray weed detection and autonomous guidancesupplies
Sensors
- Trimble Inc.Trimble GNSS guidance platform -- precision positioning integrated via John Deere acquisitionsupplies
Suppliers appear 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.
Safety record
No incidents on record for John Deere autonomous tractor + See & Spray.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Sources (7)
- https://www.deere.com/en/news/all-news/autonomous-9RX/
- https://www.therobotreport.com/john-deere-harvests-the-seeds-of-large-vehicle-autonomy/
- https://www.globalagtechinitiative.com/in-field-technologies/robotics-automation/john-deere-customers-use-see-spray-technology-across-five-million-acres-in-2025/
- https://www.therobotreport.com/john-deere-acquiring-bear-flag-robotics-250m/
- https://agfundernews.com/breaking-exclusive-john-deere-acquires-see-spray-robotics-startup-blue-river-technology-305m
- https://www.cnbc.com/2023/12/01/how-deere-is-preparing-for-a-fully-autonomous-farm-by-2030.html
- https://www.deere.com/en-us/products-solutions/tractors/autonomous-tractor
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Common questions
- What is 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.
- How much does John Deere autonomous tractor + See & Spray cost?
- John Deere autonomous tractor + See & Spray is listed at $300,000 to $500,000 on the DEPLOY registry. This is an analyst estimate, not an official price.
- Is John Deere autonomous tractor + See & Spray actually deployed in the real world?
- Yes. John Deere autonomous tractor + See & Spray is independently verified in real-world operation on the DEPLOY registry, confirmed at named deployment sites with primary sources: not a concept, render, or demo-only.
- What are the specs of John Deere autonomous tractor + See & Spray?
- John Deere autonomous tractor + See & Spray's recorded specifications on the DEPLOY registry: Runtime: 24 h; Max speed: 60 km/h. See the Specs section for the full sourced set.
- Who makes John Deere autonomous tractor + See & Spray?
- John Deere autonomous tractor + See & Spray is made by John Deere, based in Moline, Illinois, USA, founded in 1837.
- Where is John Deere autonomous tractor + See & Spray deployed?
- 3 verified deployments of John Deere autonomous tractor + See & Spray are on the DEPLOY registry, including at Mosinee, Wisconsin, Sao Paulo, Brazil, Des Moines.
- Can you buy John Deere autonomous tractor + See & Spray?
- John Deere autonomous tractor + See & Spray is in commercial deployment and is sold to operators; contact the manufacturer to buy, and see the pricing section for any recorded price.
- What are alternatives to John Deere autonomous tractor + See & Spray?
- On the DEPLOY registry, comparable agriculture robots to John Deere autonomous tractor + See & Spray include Ted, ARA, LaserWeeder, MK-V.
- How does John Deere autonomous tractor + See & Spray compare to Ted?
- John Deere autonomous tractor + See & Spray and Ted (Naio Technologies · 5 deployments) are both agriculture robots on the DEPLOY registry. John Deere autonomous tractor + See & Spray has 3 verified deployments on record. Compare both records for specs, safety, deployments, and verified-vs-claimed autonomy.
- Is John Deere autonomous tractor + See & Spray a top agriculture?
- On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, safety, adoption, media, and IP signals, John Deere autonomous tractor + See & Spray ranks in roughly the top 15% of agriculture models tracked by the registry.
- What is John Deere autonomous tractor + See & Spray's maturity stage?
- John Deere autonomous tractor + See & Spray is at the commercial stage on the DEPLOY maturity ladder (research, prototype, pilot, commercial, production). Commercial stage means production-grade deployments are operating at named customer sites.
- Is John Deere autonomous tractor + See & Spray safe?
- John Deere autonomous tractor + See & Spray 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.
- How many autonomous John Deere tractors are deployed?
- John Deere has deployed autonomous tractors with U.S. Sugar in partnership with Autonomous Solutions Inc. and Everglades Farming. The autonomous tractor market was estimated at $2.7 billion in 2025 and is projected to grow to $14.6 billion by 2035. Specific deployment numbers for John Deere autonomous tractors are not publicly disclosed.
Methodology: Verified · 7 sources (2 primary) · last reviewed 2026-07-15
Verification posture
Verified
High confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-07-15
Maturity + lifecycle
Maturity stage: commercial
Lifecycle: active
Architectural position
Cohort: agriculture
Sources by quality tier
- 2
- primary-company-ir
- Company IR disclosure
- 2
- secondary-trade-publication
- Trade publication
- 2
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
- 1
- secondary-established-publication
- Established publication
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for John Deere autonomous tractor + See & Spray.Recent coverage
John Deere autonomous tractor + See & Spray in third-party press
Attention vs reality over time
Media mentions per month (area) against verified deployment events (dots). A press spike over a flat deployment line is the hype gap, drawn over time.
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning John Deere autonomous tractor + See & Spray from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
John Deere adds autonomous-ready tech to 8 Series tractors - MSN
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US Sugar deploys fleet of autonomous John Deere tractors in Florida
US Sugar deployed a fleet of five unmanned John Deere tractors across 255,000 acres in south Florida, equipped with Autonomous Solutions Inc Vehicle Automation Kit, marking a…
Autonomous Tractors Market Size, Share | Industry Report [2034] - Fortune Business Insights
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US Sugar deploys fleet of autonomous John Deere tractors in Florida - The Fence Post
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U.S. Sugar deploys autonomous John Deere tractor fleet across 255,000 acres - Future Farming
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TorqueAGI Announces Collaborations with NVIDIA, John Deere, and Dexterity to Advance Physical AI for Enterprise-Grade Robots - PRWeb
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Q&A: John Deere shares update on autonomous mower for commercial landscaping - Landscape Management
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From Robotics Competitions to Autonomous Tractors: Sarah Heimlich’s Journey - John Deere
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US Sugar deploys autonomous John Deere tractor fleet
US Sugar deployed five autonomous John Deere tractors equipped with Autonomous Solutions Inc Vehicle Automation Kit across 255000 acres in South Florida, representing the nations…
U.S. Sugar deploys autonomous John Deere tractor fleet - Equipment Finance News
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U.S. Sugar puts the country’s largest autonomous tractor fleet to work in the cane fields - Florida Politics
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U.S. Sugar, Autonomous Solutions, Inc., and Everglades Equipment Group Announce Nation’s Largest Commercial Deployment of Autonomous Tractors in American Sugar Industry - Business Wire
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Video
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Mara Downing, Vice President of John Deere's Global Brand and Communications, breaks down the company's unique connection the tournament and community.
The Patriot Parachute Team jumped onto TPC Deere Run on America's 250th Anniversary. "More news: www.wqad.com Download the WQAD News 8 streaming app to yo
Bill Anderson is a longtime JDC volunteer and oversees the volunteers who ensure the gallery is quiet and adheres to golf etiquette. More news: www.wqad.com
The PGA Tour is restructuring into a 2-tiered system starting in 2028. Senior golf insider George McNeilly breaks down what this means for the John Deere Classi
News 8 Sports' Jenna Minor and Kory Kuffler are joined by Celia Palermo with the PGA Tour as they recap the JDC Pro-Am. More John Deere Classic: https://www.
John Deere Classic tournament director Andrew Lehman joined the News 8 crew for a special edition of The Current on the Course.
Meet Bruce Asmussen, who said his outfit is the most American stuff he could come up with. More John Deere Classic: https://www.wqad.com/johndeereclassic
The Iowa State grad and Korn Ferry Tour rookie is making his PGA Tour debut at the JDC. Here's why the place is so special to him. More John Deere Classic: htt
Tournament Director Andrew Lehman reveals what it takes to bring Caitlin Clark, the Savannah Bananas, Carrie Underwood and more to the Classic.
11-year-old Beckett Kays is from the Peoria area and is keeping his eye out for one of his favorite golfers, Jordan Spieth. More John Deere Classic: https:/
News 8 Meteorologist Morgan Strackbein speaks with PGA Tour Meteorologist Stewart Williams to discuss how storms could impact the 2026 John Deere Classic.
For nearly 30 years, Deere and Company has been the the title sponsor of the JDC. More news: www.wqad.com Download the WQAD News 8 streaming app to your T
Crews cut down the Hewitt tree in the middle of the fairway, added bunkers to the right, moved another up on the left and moved the tee box back. More John D
Reality vs attention
John Deere autonomous tractor + See & Spray draws attention at the 87th percentile but verifies reality at the 69th percentile among ag robots. Hype Gap +17.8, 7th widest among ag robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Strong recent media coverage and press activity. Thin deployment record; scale validation still in progress.
Signal flags
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Jul 19, 2026