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 ...

Walking around the exhibits at Farmfest last week, I had a "Wait, what?" moment. Amid its usual collection of giant John Deere combines and tractors, farm dealer Kibble Equipment had an ordinary plow ...

There were certain chores for which I was not entrusted in my pre-teen summers on the farm. Among them was plowing. Plowing took a steady hand at the tractor wheel and experience to keep the fields ...

A broken saw blade and the Mississippi River brought John Deere and Moline together. The broken saw blade inspired Mr. Deere to build his self-scouring plow in 1837. The Mississippi River was a ...

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 ...

JOHN Deere is claiming greater precision and productivity with the green machine’s new 2430 chisel plow, which replaces the 2410 model. The upgraded 2430 now includes John Deere’s TruSet precision ...

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 ...

Cover tractor of the month Fastline Mid-Atlantic Edition. Owned and restored by Steve Willis, Shelby, NC. The John Deere A tractor and 6 disk plow were purchased in 1040 by Lester Allen from C.J.

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 ...