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John Deere pledges to pour $20B into its US operations to ‘continue building and investing in America’
NY Post ^ | Aug. 9, 2025 | Sophia Compton, Fox Business

Posted on 08/09/2025 7:34:42 PM PDT by BenLurkin

Farm equipment giant John Deere announced this year it is investing nearly $20 billion over the next decade to bolster its US operations as part of its ongoing commitment to American manufacturing.

“We look forward to carrying forward our founder’s legacy of ingenuity as we continue building and investing in America,” Cory Reed, president of Deere & Co.’s worldwide agriculture and turf division for production and precision agriculture in the Americas and Australia, told FOX Business.

The company’s $20 billion investment focuses on the development of new products, “cutting-edge” technology and more advanced manufacturing capabilities, Reed said.

John Deere is building a $70 million factory in Kernersville, North Carolina, which will be dedicated to manufacturing excavators, Reed said.

The company recently completed a $40 million expansion at its Des Moines, Iowa, factory to build See & Spray sprayers, which use computer vision and artificial intelligence to detect and target weeds.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy
KEYWORDS: agriculture; johndeere; tractors

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1 posted on 08/09/2025 7:34:42 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

The US needs a freedom to repair Amendment.


2 posted on 08/09/2025 7:36:58 PM PDT by Paladin2 (YMMV)
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To: BenLurkin

Hopefully Trump’s EPA kills off the DEF requirements first.


3 posted on 08/09/2025 7:37:09 PM PDT by shotgun
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To: Paladin2
The US needs a freedom to repair Amendment.

Small wonder Deere has got 20 billion $$$ lying around...

4 posted on 08/09/2025 7:39:14 PM PDT by kiryandil (No one in AZ that voted for Trump voted for Gallego )
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To: BenLurkin

Just this year they were announcing large layoffs and buyouts at their Quad cities (Iowa-Illinois) operations.


5 posted on 08/09/2025 7:46:37 PM PDT by howlinhound (Tagline in the shop for repairs.)
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To: BenLurkin

Woke company.


6 posted on 08/09/2025 7:48:46 PM PDT by ConservaTexan (February 6, 1911/June 14, 1944)
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To: Paladin2

You got that right. Really I bought a Kubota tractor 12 years ago. My brother in law bought a Deer and it’s been nothing but trouble!


7 posted on 08/09/2025 7:55:56 PM PDT by 6ppc (During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act -George Orwell)
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To: BenLurkin

I thought that they moved a couple factories to Mexico ...

Small wonder that the company brass tested the wind direction, and will be starting build US factories again.

And if we get a different administration in 3 years, they expand overseas again.

After all, John Deere sees Iceland as a source of money management - they have a location there. But the company PR claims that all they do is earthmoving and something with sheep.


8 posted on 08/09/2025 7:56:30 PM PDT by texas booster (Join FreeRepublic's Folding@Home team (Team # 36120) Cure Alzheimer's!)
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To: 6ppc

Ok...that was supposed to be really glad.


9 posted on 08/09/2025 7:57:12 PM PDT by 6ppc (During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act -George Orwell)
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To: BenLurkin

IOW...tariff threats work

And real tariffs...work even better


10 posted on 08/09/2025 8:00:07 PM PDT by Regulator (It's fraud, Jim)
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To: BenLurkin

I bought a Kubota tractor this year but to spite them. And a Husqvarna riding lawnmower.


11 posted on 08/09/2025 8:03:51 PM PDT by crusty old prospector
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To: 6ppc

DEERE WILL NOT LET THE OWNER REPAIR OR EVEN CHANGE SPARK PLUGS.

MUST MAKE APPOINTMENT WITH “TECH” & WAIT UNTIL THEY SHOW UP.

180 DEGREES FROM THE POLICIES I GREW UP WITH IN THE 40’s-50’s & 60’s on the farm.

NOW-—YOU CAN LOSE A WHOLE CROP “WAITING FOR THE TECH GUY”.


12 posted on 08/09/2025 8:29:14 PM PDT by ridesthemiles (not giving up on TRUMP---EVER)
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To: BenLurkin

JOHN DEERE SELLS YOU THE MACHINES-—BUT ALL THE SOFTWARE THAT RUNS EVERYTHING IS THEIRS>>>>>>>


13 posted on 08/09/2025 8:30:28 PM PDT by ridesthemiles (not giving up on TRUMP---EVER)
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To: BenLurkin

I was an engineer at JD from 1979 to 2007; 28 years. It was a period of dynamic change fron the 40 Series technology to the current state of the art.

I have some crazy stories but am proud to have worked there.


14 posted on 08/10/2025 1:18:17 AM PDT by IAGeezer912 (One out of every 20 people on the face of the earth are Americans. We have won life's lottery.)
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To: Paladin2

How John Deere Robs Farmers Of $4 Billion A Year
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaOS6bGta7M


15 posted on 08/10/2025 2:15:29 AM PDT by minnesota_bound (Making money now. Still want much more.)
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To: texas booster

John Deere is a traitor. They had it all at one time. To heck with them.


16 posted on 08/10/2025 6:02:24 AM PDT by bgill
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To: BenLurkin

I thought Deere was going all electric products?


17 posted on 08/10/2025 7:24:44 AM PDT by subterfuge (I'm a pure-blood!)
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To: subterfuge

SOME FIELDS ARE OVER 600 ACRES. CANNOT AFFORD TO RUN OUT OUT A CHARGE THAT FAR FROM THE BARNS.


18 posted on 08/10/2025 9:12:46 AM PDT by ridesthemiles (not giving up on TRUMP---EVER)
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To: ridesthemiles

Exactly. Your combine gets stuck out on the east 40!!


19 posted on 08/10/2025 10:45:39 AM PDT by subterfuge (I'm a pure-blood!)
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