1. At age 33, John Deere worked as a blacksmith and designed his first plow for Midwestern farmers. The polished-steel plow became popular due to its ability to cut through sticky prairie soil and resulted in demand for Deere to build more over the next five years.
2. John Deere only officially manege john Deere and company 1852–1858. His 21-year-old son Charles took over as manager in 1858, when economic panic struck the U.S. and he continued to run the company for the next 49 years 43 years longer than his father
3. John Deere is world wide.In 1912, John Deere and Company went international when a manufacturing entity opened in Canada. Starting in 1956, the company decided to build plants in Mexico, Germany, and Spain. Over the next few years, France, Argentina, and South Africa were thrown into the mix. There are now 104 John Deere locations across the globe 43 in the U.S. alone.