TOP 10 REASONS…NOTHING RUNS LIKE A

DEERE

10 things you didn’t know you wanted to know about the John Deere Corporation

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Deere & Company employs

approximately 52,000 people

worldwide.

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9

Deere & Company is very active in the community: •John Deere Foundation •Kickstart and the John Deere Foundation •John Deere Foundation of Canada •European John Deere Goodwill Fund

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8Deere & Company

has provided equipment to the

U.S. Military.

M-Gator A1™

7All equipment recalls are

posted in a central location http://www.automotix.net/

utorepair/recalls/john_deere/

6John Deere announced on September 5, 2008 that they will build a new marketing and sales center in northwest Olathe, Kansas.

"This state-of-the-art facility will meet the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Certification, Gold Level," said John Lagemann, vice president of agricultural equipment, sales for U.S. and Canada.

5Integrity

These are all values that the company was founded on in the 1800’s and are still values the company operates on today.

Quality

Innovation

commit

ment

4

Fergus/Peters Group has been named the public relations and advertising agency for Deere & Company’s forestry business.

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3•Marketing Communications, Events & Promotions.

•public affairsThe Public Affairs organization seeks to ensure that the interest of John Deere is aptly represented at the international, federal, state and local levels. If you enjoy the fast–paced world of politics, opportunities at John Deere can exist in both support and managerial roles.  Image courtesy of http://jdl.submit4jobs.com/

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1971 "Nothing Runs Like a Deere" advertises snowmobiles, a new product of the John Deere Horicon Works. The slogan lasts far longer than the snowmobile line, which is sold in 1984.2

Another manufacturer features a sulky plow, "especially adapted for small boys, old men and cripples."

Images courtesy of http://www.crystallake.org/images/photos/Collen_vintage.JPG and

http://www.antiquefarming.com/images/john_deere_sulky_plows.jpg

1866 A Civil War legacy is an army of farmers handicapped by severe injuries. Others are hurt in farm accidents. Hawkeye Riding Cultivator advertisements note that "A one-arm or one-legged man can manage it."