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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></b></h1>

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8-K</font></b></h1>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;">CURRENT
REPORT</font></b></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Pursuant
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Date of
Report:&#160; 13 April 2006</font></b></p>

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Deere Place<br>
Moline, Illinois 61265</font></b><br>(Address of principal executive offices
and zip code)</p>

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<p align="center" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">(309)
765-8000<br>
</font></b>(Registrant&#146;s
telephone number, including area code)</p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Check the appropriate box
below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing
obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:</font></p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Wingdings" style="font-size:10.0pt;">o</font>&nbsp;&nbsp;Written
communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)</p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Wingdings" style="font-size:10.0pt;">o</font>&nbsp;&nbsp;Soliciting
material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)</p>

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communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))</p>

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communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))</p>

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of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of
Principal Officers</b></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Retired U.S. Air Force
General Richard B. Myers has been elected to the Deere &amp; Company Board of
Directors effective April 15, 2006.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Mr. Myers will join the
Board&#146;s Compensation Committee and Pension Plan Oversight Committee.</font></p>

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Statements and Exhibits</b></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">News Release</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has
duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereto
duly authorized.</font></p>

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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">DEERE
  &amp; COMPANY</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">By:</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/
  Marc A. Howze</font></p>
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  A. Howze</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Dated:
  April 17, 2006</font></p>
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INDEX</font></u></b></h3>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Number
and Description of Exhibit</font></u></b></p>

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  Release</a></font></p>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><a name="Exhibit99_01_070111"></a><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit
99.01</font></b></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">NEWS RELEASE &#150; April 13, 2006</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">For more information:</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Ken Golden</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director, News and
Information</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Deere &amp; Company</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">309-765-5678</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">General Richard B. Myers, retired Chairman of the Joint
Chiefs of Staff,</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">to join Deere &amp; Company Board of Directors</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">MOLINE,
Illinois (April 13, 2006) &#150; Deere &amp; Company announced today its board of
directors has elected retired U.S. Air Force General Richard B. Myers to the
board, effective April 15, 2006. Myers retired after serving as Chairman of the
Joint Chiefs of Staff &#150; the U.S. military&#146;s highest ranking officer &#150; from 2001
to 2005.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;John
Deere is fortunate that Dick Myers will be joining our board of directors. His
deep understanding of strategy and complex global issues, his broad experience
in leading worldwide logistics and a highly diverse workforce, and his insight
into the application of advanced technology make General Myers a valuable
addition to the Deere &amp; Company board,&#148; said Robert W. Lane, chairman and
chief executive officer.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font style="color:black;"><font size="2" color="black" face="Times New Roman" style="color:windowtext;font-size:10.0pt;">As recently announced, Myers will hold t</font></font>he Colin Powell Chair of Character,
Leadership and Ethics at National Defense University<font style="color:black;"><font color="black" face="Times New Roman" style="color:windowtext;"> and will be the Foundation
Professor of Military History and Leadership at Kansas State University</font></font>.
<font style="color:black;"><font color="black" face="Times New Roman" style="color:windowtext;">In
March, Myers was elected to the board of directors at Northrop Grumman
Corporation.</font></font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="color:black;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" color="black" face="Times New Roman" style="color:windowtext;font-size:10.0pt;">Myers previously served as vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs
of Staff where he was chairman of the Joint Requirements Oversight Council,
vice chairman of the Defense Acquisition Board, and a member of the National Security
Council Deputies Committee and the Nuclear Weapons Council.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="color:black;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" color="black" face="Times New Roman" style="color:windowtext;font-size:10.0pt;">Myers was born in Kansas City, Missouri, and is a 1965
mechanical engineering graduate of Kansas State University. In addition to his
studies at advanced military colleges, he holds a Masters Degree in Business
Administration from Auburn University and attended the Program for Senior
Executives in National and International Security at the John F. Kennedy School
of Government, Harvard University.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="color:black;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" color="black" face="Times New Roman" style="color:windowtext;font-size:10.0pt;">Deere &amp; Company&#146;s board will now total 12 members, 11 of
whom are independent. In addition to Myers, who will join the board&#146;s
compensation and pension plan oversight committees, the independent board
members include Crandall C. Bowles, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer,
Springs Industries; Vance D. Coffman, Retired Chairman, Lockheed Martin
Corporation; T. Kevin Dunnigan, Retired Chairman, Thomas &amp; Betts
Corporation; Dipak C. Jain, Dean, Kellogg School of Management,</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="color:black;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" color="black" face="Times New Roman" style="color:windowtext;font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="color:black;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" color="black" face="Times New Roman" style="color:windowtext;font-size:10.0pt;">Northwestern University; Arthur
L. Kelly, Managing Partner, KEL Enterprises L.P.; Antonio Madero B., Chairman
and Chief Executive Officer, SANLUIS Corporaci&#243;n S.A. de C.V.; Joachim Milberg,
Chairman, Supervisory Board, Bayerische Motoren Werke (BMW) AG; Thomas H.
Patrick, Chairman, New Vernon Capital, LLC; Aulana L. Peters, Retired Partner,
Gibson, Dunn &amp; Crutcher LLP; and John R. Walter, Chairman, Ashlin
Management Company.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="color:black;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" color="black" face="Times New Roman" style="color:windowtext;font-size:10.0pt;">Deere &amp; Company (NYSE:DE) is the world&#146;s leading
manufacturer of agricultural and forestry equipment, a major manufacturer of
construction equipment, and a leading supplier of equipment used in lawn,
grounds and turf care. John&nbsp;Deere also manufactures and markets engines
used in heavy equipment and provides worldwide financial services. Since it was
founded in 1837, the company has extended its heritage of integrity, quality,
commitment and innovation around the globe.</font></p>

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