UAW picketers march across the street outside of Deere & Co., makers of John Deere products, in support of employees on strike on Oct. 20, 2021, in Ankeny.  Photo: USA TODAY NETWORK via Reuters Connect

Deere considers rejected offer its “best and final” as strike continues

Reuters – Deere & Co said on Wednesday its latest offer rejected by the United Auto Workers (UAW) union is the U.S. tractor maker’s “best and final offer”, adding that it will keep all options open as the workers’ strike continues. Workers at the Illinois-based company continued their three-week-old strike a day after they voted […] Read more

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Deere’s U.S. workers on strike after rejecting deal

Reuters — Thousands of Deere and Co. workers began a strike on Thursday, the United Auto Workers (UAW) said, days after overwhelmingly rejecting a six-year labour contract that was agreed on with the tractor maker. Earlier this month, the world’s largest farm equipment maker and the UAW union reached an agreement after weeks of negotiation […] Read more


The John Deere 800R Floater is equipped with the same cab that’s used in the company’s sprayers and 8R tractors. It comes with a standard hydraulic pump that powers the New Leader dry-bins and Hagie liquid applicators, which makes it easier to switch between units.

Float material onto the fields wet or dry

Glacier FarmMedia – John Deere has a new floater that makes it easier to switch between dry and liquid application equipment compared its previous offering. Franklin Peitz, John Deere product marketing manager, said the 800R Floater can cover more acres in a day compared to the model it replaces, the John Deere F4365. “These things […] Read more




John Deere has updated the three models in its 9R tractor line.

John Deere refreshes its 9 tractor series

More power and a heavier chassis coming for Deere’s flagship line

Glacier FarmMedia – More power, more weight, more cab space and more technology.  That sums up what John Deere has in store for model year 2022, 9 series tractors. And the more power part now pushes the largest articulated 9R and 9RX models to the pole position in the industry’s horsepower race. The model numbering […] Read more

With 36 cameras and up to a 120-foot steel boom, the new See and Spray option on Deere’s latest sprayers can reduce burn-off spray use by more than 75 per cent. The machines are limited to 12 miles per hour for application accuracy. From the time a camera sees a weed it is 200 milliseconds until spray is applied to it.

See and Spray springs from river of technical invention

New release tied to investment in Blue River application-technology company four years ago

Glacier FarmMedia – Find a weed and kill it. Ignore the crop and don’t waste any resources on non-pests. It’s easy to do strolling through a field with a hoe or spray nozzle in hand. Doing it over five- or 10-thousand acres in a tight time window is a bigger job. Blue River Technology sprang […] Read more


John Deere says its new line of heavy harrows features a quick folding and unfolding sequence to help farmers move more quickly between fields. (Deere.com)

Degelman to make heavy harrows for Deere

Regina company reaches OEM agreement for new line

Major U.S. farm equipment manufacturer John Deere Co. has launched a new line of heavy harrows — and is going to Saskatchewan to get them. Regina equipment maker Degelman Industries announced Tuesday it has reached an OEM (original equipment manufacturer) agreement to provide Deere with a line of three heavy harrow models, the HH50, HH70 […] Read more

Smart-Apply places spray precisely in orchard crops.

John Deere connects with sprayer control company

Smart-Apply precisely places spray based on high-value crop canopy

John Deere is moving further into precision spaying of specialty crops with an alliance with an innovator of intelligent control systems. The company has entered into an allied distribution agreement with Smart Guided Systems to sell and support its Smart-Apply Intelligent Control System through the John Deere dealer channel in the U.S., Canada, and Australia. […] Read more