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Deere & Co.
One John Deere Place
Moline, IL 61265-8098
United States - Map
Phone: 309-765-8000
Fax: 309-765-5889
Web Site: http://www.deere.com

DETAILS 
Index Membership:S&P 500
S&P 1500 Super Comp
Sector:Industrial Goods
Industry:Farm & Construction Machinery
Full Time Employees:51,300

BUSINESS SUMMARY 
Deere & Company provides products and services primarily for agriculture and forestry worldwide. The company operates in three segments: Agriculture and Turf, Construction and Forestry, and Credit. The Agriculture and Turf segment manufactures and distributes a line of farm and turf equipment, and related service parts, which include large, medium, and utility tractors; loaders; combines, cotton, and sugarcane harvesters and related front-end equipment; sugarcane loaders; and tillage, seeding, and application equipment. This segment also offers hay and forage equipment comprising self-propelled forage harvesters and attachments, balers, and mowers; turf and utility equipment, such as riding lawn equipment, walk-behind mowers, golf course equipment, utility vehicles, and commercial mowing equipment; integrated agricultural management systems technology; precision agricultural irrigation equipment and supplies; landscape and nursery products; and outdoor power products. The Construction and Forestry segment offers a range of machines and service parts used in construction, earthmoving, material handling, and timber harvesting, including backhoe loaders; crawler dozers and loaders; four-wheel-drive loaders; excavators; motor graders; articulated dump trucks; landscape loaders; skid-steer loaders; and log skidders, feller bunchers, log loaders, log forwarders, log harvesters, and related attachments. This segment markets its products and services primarily through independent retail dealer networks and retail outlets. The Credit segment primarily finances sales and leases of new and used agriculture and turf equipment, as well as construction and forestry equipment. This segment also provides wholesale financing to dealers of the foregoing equipment, provides operating loans, finances retail revolving charge accounts, offers certain crop risk mitigation products, and invests in wind energy generation. The company was founded in 1837 and is based in Moline, Illinois.
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    CORPORATE GOVERNANCE 
    Deere & Co.'s Corporate Governance Quotient (CGQ®) as of 1-Feb-10 is better than 20.6% of S&P 500 companies and 69.9% of Capital Goods companies.
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    KEY EXECUTIVES 
     PayExercised
    Mr. Samuel R. Allen , 57
    Chief Exec. Officer, Pres, Director, Member of Exec. Committee and Pres of John Deere Power Systems
    $ 2.40M $ 0
    Mr. James M. Field , 47
    Chief Financial Officer and Sr. VP
    $ 1.77M $ 0
    Mr. David C. Everitt , 58
    Pres of Agriculture & Turf Division - North America, Asia, Australia, Sub-Saharan & South Africa and Global Tractor & Turf Products
    $ 2.00M $ 0
    Mr. Michael Mack Jr., 54
    Pres of Worldwide Construction & Forestry Operations
    $ 1.92M $ 0
    Mr. James A. Israel , 54
    Pres of John Deere Credit
    $ 1.73M $ 0
    Dollar amounts are as of 31-Dec-09 and compensation values are for the last fiscal year ending on that date. "Pay" is salary, bonuses, etc. "Exercised" is the value of options exercised during the fiscal year.
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