John Deere was founded in 1837, and has grown from a one-man blacksmith shop into a corporation that today does business around the world. John Deere is the world's leading manufacturer of equipment. John Deere also produces and markets North America's broadest line of lawn and garden tractors, mowers, golf course equipment, and other outdoor power products. John Deere Landscapes provides irrigation equipment and nursery supplies to landscape-service professionals across the United States.

John Deere is also the world's leading manufacturer of forestry equipment and is a major manufacturer of construction equipment in North America.