Moline-based Deere & Co. announced Friday that its Board of Directors has elected John C. May, 49, president and chief operating officer, effective April 1.
Deere & Co. reported net income of $498.5 million for the first quarter ended Jan. 27, 2019 compared with a net loss of $535.1 million for the quarter ended Jan. 28, 2018.
Max Guinn is retiring after 38 years of service at Deere. James Field, who had been a president in Deere's Agriculture & Turf Division, will succeed Guinn as president of Worldwide Construction & Forestry.
Deere & Co. reported net income of $910.3 million for the third quarter ended July 29, 2018 compared with net income of $641.8 million for the quarter ended July 30, 2017.
The tit-for-tat retaliatory policies are feared to hit U.S. farm exports, exacerbating the troubles of farm equipment makers, which have been battling weak domestic demand for the past 4 years.
The 25% tariffs, which U.S. President Donald Trump announced last month along with a 10% tariff on aluminum, could raise steel prices by 30% and may prompt the company to switch materials, says Samuel Allen, Deere & Co. Chairman and CEO.
Deere's $5 billion-plus acquisition of the German company Wirtgen Group, the largest in the company's history, supports its aim for achieving more global scale in construction equipment.
The state of North Dakota will appeal a federal judge's recent ruling preventing it from implementing a new law that supporters dubbed a "farm equipment dealer bill of rights."
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