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Deere & Company

U.S. publicly traded industrial corporation — not a media outlet

Deere & Company is a publicly owned U.S. industrial manufacturer with no single controlling shareholder; institutional investors hold the dominant stake. It is the world's largest maker of agricultural equipment and has significant construction and forestry divisions. Its relationship with the second Trump administration has been complicated: tariffs cost the company roughly $600 million in direct impact in FY2025, yet it received some relief in June 2026 when the administration cut farm-equipment tariffs from 25% to 15%.

Owned byPublicly traded on NYSE (ticker: DE). No single controlling owner; largest individual shareholder is Cascade Investment LLC (associated with Bill Gates), holding roughly 10–11% of shares. Institutional investors — led by Vanguard, BlackRock, and State Street — collectively control approximately 76% of outstanding shares.
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