Deere & Company (John Deere), along with its subsidiaries, operates in three segments: agriculture and turf segment, construction and forestry segment and financial services segment. The John Deere agriculture and turf segment manufactures and distributes a full line of agricultural and turf equipment and related service parts. John Deere construction, earthmoving, material handling and forestry equipment includes a broad range of backhoe loaders, crawler dozers and loaders, four-wheel-drive loaders, excavators, motor graders, articulated dump trucks, landscape loaders, skid-steer loaders, log skidders, log feller bunchers, log loaders, log forwarders, log harvesters and a variety of attachments. The financial services segment primarily finances sales and leases by John Deere dealers of new and used agriculture and turf equipment and construction and forestry equipment. In December 2010, the Company sold John Deere Renewables, LLC, its wind energy business.

Agrium Inc. (Agrium), is a global producer and marketer of nutrients for agricultural and industrial markets. The Company operates through its three business units: Retail, Wholesale and Advanced Technologies (AAT). Retail operates in North and South America and Australia providing inputs and services directly to farmers; Wholesale operates in North and South America and produces, markets and distributes all crop nutrients,and Advanced Technologies produces and markets fertilizers and micronutrients. On May 2, 2011, the Company acquired Cerealtoscana S.p.A. On July 4, 2011,the Company acquired certain assets and liabilities of Evergro Canada and On July 7, 2011, the Company acquired certain assets and liabilities of International Mineral Technologies (Tetra Micronutrients). On May 11, 2011, the Company completed the sale of the majority of the commodity management businesses of AWB Limited (AWB) to Cargill, Incorporated (Cargill).