<SEC-DOCUMENT>0000315189-16-000112.txt : 20161102
<SEC-HEADER>0000315189-16-000112.hdr.sgml : 20161102
<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20161102142445
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000315189-16-000112
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20161101
FILED AS OF DATE:		20161102
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20161102

ISSUER:		

	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

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ONE JOHN DEERE PLACE
		CITY:			MOLINE
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			61265-8098
		BUSINESS PHONE:		(309) 765-8000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ONE JOHN DEERE PLACE
		CITY:			MOLINE
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			61265-8098

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Reed Cory J
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001687890

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-04121
		FILM NUMBER:		161967420

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ONE JOHN DEERE PLACE
		CITY:			MOLINE
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			61265
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<DESCRIPTION>PRIMARY DOCUMENT
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    <periodOfReport>2016-11-01</periodOfReport>

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        <issuerName>DEERE &amp; CO</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>DE</issuerTradingSymbol>
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            <rptOwnerName>Reed Cory J</rptOwnerName>
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            <rptOwnerState>IL</rptOwnerState>
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            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
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            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>Pres., John Deere Financial</officerTitle>
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                <value>$1 Par Common Stock</value>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
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                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>3866</value>
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            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>By 401(k) Plan</value>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeHolding>
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    <derivativeTable>
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            <securityTitle>
                <value>Market Priced Employee Stock Options</value>
                <footnoteId id="F3"/>
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                <value>88.82</value>
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                <value>2008-12-05</value>
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                <value>2012-12-14</value>
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                <value>2021-12-14</value>
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        <footnote id="F1">Includes 3,666 restricted stock units granted under the John Deere Omnibus Equity and Incentive Plan and to be settled solely in shares.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Represents units in the issuer stock fund of the Deere &amp; Company 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan. The information is based on a plan statement dated as of September 30, 2016 when the per unit value was $124.02.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">All options include the ability to withhold shares upon the exercise of the option to satisfy income tax withholding obligations.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">The options become exercisable in three approximately equal installments one, two and three years after grant. The date listed is the initial exercisable installment date.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Paul Wilczynski, Assistant Secretary, Deere &amp; Company, Under Power of Attorney</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2016-11-02</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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<DOCUMENT>
<TYPE>EX-24
<SEQUENCE>2
<FILENAME>reed_poa.txt
<DESCRIPTION>CORY J. REED POWER OF ATTORNEY
<TEXT>
POWER OF ATTORNEY

Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints each of Mary K. W. Jones, Todd E. Davies, Paul Wilczynski, and
John L. Rudy signing singly, the undersigned's true and lawful
attorney-in-fact to:

1.     execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the
undersigned's capacity as an officer of Deere & Company (the "Company"),
Forms 3, 4 and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder and Form 144 in accordance
with Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933;

2.     do and perform any and all act for and on behalf of the
undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute
any such Form 3, 4, 5 and/or 144, complete and execute any amendment or
amendments thereto, and timely file such form with the United States
Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar
authority; and

3.     take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with
the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be
of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the
undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such
attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power
of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and
conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-
fact's discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full
power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing
whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise
of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents
and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present,
with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's
substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein
granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-
in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned,
are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's
responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, or Rule 144 of the Securities Act of 1933.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, 5 and 144 with
respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities
issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a
signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney
to be executed as of this 3rd day of October, 2016.


/s/ Cory J. Reed
Signature

Cory J. Reed
Print Name

</TEXT>
</DOCUMENT>
</SEC-DOCUMENT>
