The Feb. 7, 2004, bicentennial of John Deere’s birth passed quietly in his native Rutland. Likewise in Middlebury, where he got his start as a blacksmith, it was marked as a footnote rather than a ...

Despite being from Vermont, John Deere revolutionized farming in the Midwest when he forged his first steel plow at his blacksmith shop in Illinois in 1837. When the company expanded its line of farm ...

John Deere, the man, was born in Rutland, Vermont, on February 7, 1804. His boyhood was spent in and around a number of rural communities, where he received a basic education in the small schoolhouses ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. John Deere failed as a blacksmith in ...

NOKOMIS, Ill. (KWQC) - A sign that officials are calling “the greatest John Deere sign of all time” is set to sell at auction. Aumann Auctions said the John Deere Gilpin Plow Sign was recently ...

Humantech, an Ann Arbor, Mich.-based ergonomics firm, announced the winners of its third annual Find It - Fix It Challenge TM, which recognizes and rewards simple and effective workplace solutions ...

Five-year partner and longtime friend of John Deere, Robert N. Tate kept track of his association with the plowing pioneer in a series of handwritten diaries. Excerpts from those writings, along with ...

As the wave of autonomous vehicles continues to progress, the movement is making its way into the agricultural industry. John Deere introduced its first fully autonomous tractor at CES 2022 Wednesday ...

John Deere & Co., has moved about 800 software developers into an agile development process, and did so in just over a year. This effort involved recreating the farm equipment maker’s software ...