Tag: John Deere
Imagine: McCormick-Deere instead of McCormick-Deering
When the farm implement giant, International Harvester Company, was formed in 1902 by the merger of the McCormick, Deering, Milwaukee, Plano and Champion harvester lines, it immediately gave the new firm about 90 percent of the binder and 80 percent of the mower production in the U.S.
John Deere wins Swedish Steel Prize
Deere & Company (John Deere), Moline, Ill., received this year's Swedish Steel Prize, presented by international steel producer SSAB.
John Deere’s canned food combine goes for world record
OLATHE, Kan. -- To recognize the vital role that America's farmers play in feeding the world this harvest season, John Deere is attempting a world-record at constructing a full-sized sculpture of its new S-Series combine from more than 300,000 cans of food at the John Deere Pavilion in downtown Moline, Ill.
Scenes from Lawrence County Fair antique tractor pull
They might not have had the roar of the modern pulling tractors, but these antique tractors can still get the job done.
The history of John Deere is long and windy
Although they’d been reluctant to dive into the budding gasoline tractor business, there was increasing pressure from Deere’s branch houses and dealers, who wanted a tractor to sell.
