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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001104659-17-072020
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		3
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20171204
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:		20171206
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20171206

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:		171241293

	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
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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>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Crandall C. Bowles, a member of the Deere&nbsp;&amp; Company (the &#147;Company&#148;) board of directors (the &#147;Board&#148;), has resigned from the Board effective December&nbsp;4, 2017 after 21 years of distinguished service. The Board and management thank Ms.&nbsp;Bowles for her leadership and dedication to the Company and its shareholders.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:10.0pt;">On December&nbsp;6, 2017, the Board elected Charles O. Holliday,&nbsp;Jr. to the Board to be effective January&nbsp;1, 2018. Mr.&nbsp;Holliday previously served as a member of the Board from 2007 &#150; 2016.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Mr.&nbsp;Holliday will be a member of the Corporate Governance Committee and the Compensation Committee of the Board.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Deere announced these changes in a press release, a copy of which is furnished herewith as Exhibit&nbsp;99.1.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><u><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(d)&nbsp;Exhibits</font></u></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Arial" 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 hereunto duly authorized.</font></p>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><b><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit 99.1<a name="Exhibit99_1_072806"></a></font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:1.0pt 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" color="black" face="Arial" style="color:black;font-size:11.0pt;">Director, Global Public Relations</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="3" face="Arial" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Holliday elected to Deere&nbsp;&amp; Company Board of Directors</font></b></p>
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<p style="line-height:18.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:27.35pt;"><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:11.0pt;">MOLINE,&nbsp;Illinois (December&nbsp;6, 2017) &#151; Deere&nbsp;&amp; Company (NYSE: DE) today announced the election of Charles O. Holliday,&nbsp;Jr. to the company&#146;s Board of Directors, effective January&nbsp;1, 2018. Holliday previously served on the Deere&nbsp;&amp; Company Board from 2007 to 2016.</font></p>
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<p style="line-height:18.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:27.35pt;"><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:11.0pt;">Holliday has been chairman of Royal Dutch Shell since May&nbsp;2015 and previously served as chairman and chief executive officer of DuPont, chairman of Bank of America, and chairman of the National Academy of Engineering.</font></p>
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<p style="line-height:18.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:27.35pt;"><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:11.0pt;">&#147;Chad has outstanding experience as a leader of several major organizations and has a keen understanding of audit, compensation, and other areas of oversight on the Boards of Directors at global corporations,&#148; said Samuel R. Allen, Deere&#146;s chairman and chief executive officer. &#147;We are fortunate that Chad agreed to return to the Deere Board.&#148;</font></p>
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<p style="line-height:18.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:27.35pt;"><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:11.0pt;">Deere&nbsp;&amp; Company (<u><font color="blue" style="color:blue;">www.JohnDeere.com</font></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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