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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001104659-15-041000
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		3
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20150527
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:		20150527
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20150527

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:		15891195

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

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		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;">Pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 OR 15(d)&nbsp;of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934</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;">Date of Report:&#160; May&nbsp;27, 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;text-indent:.25in;"><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;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-style:italic;">/s/ Todd E. Davies</font></i></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Ken Golden</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;">Deere&nbsp;&amp; Company Board of Directors adds two members</font></b></p>
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<p style="line-height:15.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:27.35pt;"><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:10.0pt;">MOLINE,&nbsp;Illinois (May&nbsp;27, 2015) &#151; Deere&nbsp;&amp; Company (NYSE: DE) announced today that its Board of Directors has added two new members. Dmitri L. Stockton, President and Chief Executive Officer of GE Asset Management, and Sheila G. Talton, President and Chief Executive, Gray Matter Analytics, have been elected to the Deere&nbsp;&amp; Company Board of Directors, effective May&nbsp;27, 2015.</font></p>
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<p style="line-height:15.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:27.35pt;"><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;These new members bring significant expertise to the Deere&nbsp;&amp; Company Board of Directors, experience that will benefit Deere&#146;s operations around the world,&#148; said Samuel R. Allen, Deere Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. &#147;Dmitri has been a leader in global finance and asset management while Sheila brings an expertise in data and technology. We are pleased Dmitri and Sheila have agreed to join the Deere Board.&#148;</font></p>
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<p style="line-height:15.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:27.35pt;"><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Sheila Talton is a 30-year veteran in the information technology industry. She has a successful record of building consulting practices at EDS and Cisco Systems and helping technology businesses create and execute global strategies including initiatives focused on big data. Sheila is a graduate of Northern Illinois University and Harvard Business School&#146;s AMP program.</font></p>
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<p style="line-height:15.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:27.35pt;"><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Dmitri Stockton has held leadership positions in banking, asset management, commercial real estate, mortgage finance and insurance. He is a Senior Vice President at GE Company and serves on the Corporate Executive Council. He has held leadership positions at GE Asset Management, GE Capital Corporation and GE Consumer Finance.</font></p>
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<p style="line-height:15.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:27.35pt;"><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Deere said the additional Board members are being added in anticipation of scheduled retirements. With these elections, Deere&nbsp;&amp; Company&#146;s Board totals 14 members, 13 of whom are independent directors.</font></p>
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<p style="line-height:15.0pt;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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