Sustaining Sponsor Spotlight: John Deere
The Ohio AgriBusiness Association is pleased to feature our Sustaining Sponsors in the 2024 Spotlight Series. This week, the focus is on Gold Sponsor: John Deere.
Location (Main Headquarters): Moline, IL
Year started: 1837.
Number of employees: Although we’ve been around for close to two centuries, we’re focused on innovating and leading. Our team of more than 80,000 global employees use their creativity each day to solve some of the world’s biggest problems.
Number of facilities: John Deere has 43 locations in the United States and over 100 Globally.
Type of services offered: Agriculture Equipment. Construction & Forestry Equipment. Lawn, Landscaping, Grounds Care, Golf & Turf Equipment. Engines & Drivetrains. Parts & Aftermarket Upgrades.
Company history: From a humble blacksmith shop, it all began with a plow. A plow that not only neatly cut the earth, but would change agriculture forever. Today, John Deere produces intelligent, connected machines and applications that are helping revolutionize the agriculture and construction industries. Our technology-driven efforts are guided by a single, overarching goal – unlocking sustainable customer economic value.
How has your company changed over the years?
The way we’ve changed is also the way we’ve stayed the same. John Deere began with an innovative solution to a common problem. Today, those products have grown and changed, but innovative solutions for our customers is still a guidepost to our work.
How do you see your company growing in the future?
To meet tomorrow’s challenges in sustaining people and communities everywhere, we need great leaps in technology today. That’s why we’re investing in top tech talent and in our research and development efforts to advance smarter machines, alternative power options, connectivity and data, and so much more.
Interesting tidbits about your business:
- Surpassed 1 million acres covered using See & Spray™ technology.
- Launched Milk Sustainability Center through a strategic partnership with DeLaval.
- Enabled U.S. customers to easily sign up for programs incentivizing sustainable practices with the launch of Sustainability Section in John Deere Operations Center™.
- Expanded smarter-spray offerings with acquisition of Smart Apply Inc.
- Expanded John Deere Operations Center to Construction, Forestry, and Roadbuilding production systems.
- Leveraged Precision Ag technologies to unlock efficiencies in Hay and Silage Production.
How has OABA helped your business or the agribusiness industry?
The Ohio Agribusiness Association provides the conduit for sustainable focus on policy, education, and communication and John Deere is proud to support those efforts. OABA is a great advocate for the agribusiness industry in Ohio.
Interested in becoming a Sustaining Sponsor?
Click here to learn more about the program or contact Lauren Prettyman at lprettyman@oaba.net. Sustaining sponsors will automatically be promoted as such at all OABA events and will not be approached for sponsorship opportunities throughout the year.
Note that because the OABA Educational Trust is a 501(c)3 charitable organization, sponsorships related to this trust are separate from OABA.