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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001104659-15-000894
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		3
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20150107
ITEM INFORMATION:		Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20150107
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20150107

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			DEERE & CO
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000315189
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	FARM MACHINERY & EQUIPMENT [3523]
		IRS NUMBER:				362382580
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1031

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-04121
		FILM NUMBER:		15512145

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ONE JOHN DEERE PLACE
		CITY:			MOLINE
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			61265-8098
		BUSINESS PHONE:		(309) 765-4968

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ONE JOHN DEERE PLACE
		CITY:			MOLINE
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			61265-8098
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;">Date of Report:&#160; January&nbsp;7, 2015</font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;">One John Deere Place</font></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;">Moline,&nbsp;Illinois 61265</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-indent:-.75in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 5.02</font></b><font size="2" style="font-size:11.0pt;">&#160;&#160; <b>Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangement of Certain Officers.</b></font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:11.0pt;">Michael O. Johanns has been elected to the Deere&nbsp;&amp; Company board of directors effective January&nbsp;8, 2015. Mr.&nbsp;Johanns is a former U.S. Senator, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture and Governor of Nebraska. Mr.&nbsp;Johanns has been appointed to the Corporate Governance and Pension Plan Oversight committees of the board of directors.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:12.75pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:11.0pt;">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="Arial" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Contact:</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Ken Golden</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director, Global Public Relations</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Mike Johanns elected to Deere&nbsp;&amp; Company Board of Directors</font></b></p>
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<p style="line-height:22.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:27.35pt;"><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:10.0pt;">MOLINE,&nbsp;Illinois (January&nbsp;7, 2015) &#151; Deere&nbsp;&amp; Company (NYSE: DE) announced today that former U.S. Senator Michael O. Johanns has been elected to its board of directors effective January&nbsp;8, 2015. Johanns recently completed his term in the Senate after deciding not to run for re-election. He has also previously served as the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture and as governor of Nebraska.</font></p>
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<p style="line-height:22.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:27.35pt;"><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;Mike&#146;s wide range of expertise in the areas of agriculture, banking, commerce, foreign trade, law and governance will be valuable assets for the Deere&nbsp;&amp; Company Board of Directors,&#148; said Samuel R. Allen, Deere&#146;s chairman and chief executive officer. &#147;We are pleased Mike has agreed to join the Deere Board.&#148;</font></p>
<p style="line-height:22.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:27.35pt;"><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Johanns was governor of Nebraska from 1999 until 2005. He was appointed U.S. Secretary of Agriculture in 2005 and served in that capacity until 2007. He was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2008 and announced in 2013 that he would not run for re-election.</font></p>
<p style="line-height:22.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:27.35pt;"><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Johanns is a graduate of Saint Mary&#146;s University of Minnesota and Creighton University School of Law. Before his election as governor, he had been elected to various local government positions in Nebraska, including as a member of the Lancaster County Board and the Lincoln City Council and as mayor of Lincoln for two terms.</font></p>
<p style="line-height:22.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:27.35pt;"><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:10.0pt;">With Senator Johanns&#146; election, Deere&nbsp;&amp; Company&#146;s Board totals 12 members, 11 of whom are independent directors.</font></p>
<p style="line-height:22.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:27.35pt;"><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Deere&nbsp;&amp; Company (<u>www.JohnDeere.com</u>) is a world leader in providing advanced products and services and is committed to the success of customers whose work is linked to the land &#150; those who cultivate, harvest, transform, enrich and build upon the land to meet the world&#146;s dramatically increasing need for food, fuel, shelter and infrastructure.</font></p>
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