You spot them everywhere: John Deere machines. That bright green color catches the eye, but there is another detail that raises some eyebrows about the company; John Deere hailed from Rutland, making ...

Despite being from Vermont, John Deere revolutionized farming in the Midwest when he forged his first steel plow at his blacksmith shop in Illinois in 1837. When the company expanded its line of farm ...

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 ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. John Deere failed as a blacksmith in ...

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 ...

As the wave of autonomous vehicles continues to progress, the movement is making its way into the agricultural industry. John Deere introduced its first fully autonomous tractor at CES 2022 Wednesday ...

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 ...