Bill Hewitt was the last family member to be CEO of Deere & Co, and he retired in 1982. Deere has changed a Boat load since then. They seem to aggressively pursue off shore sources for parts for assembly and have a Huge amount of quality problems because of it. My tractor show buddy retired from Deere with 30 years service. His last Boss retired shortly before him and farmed on a rather large scale. He bought two brand new Gold Key tractors, walked down the lines at Waterloo, B-S'd with the assemblers. Had his wife who works for Deere also, drive them off the line. Within six months they Both had electrical problems, tractor would go into a limp home mode, shut it off, restart and it would run right for a while.
Far far fewer tractors and combines needed to farm today. Average farm in 1950 was right around 200 acres, figure 3 farms per square mile. Today average full time farmer farms 443 acres but BTO's can farm ten times that amount. In 1950 every farmer had two Farmall M's and an H. Today they have a Quad-Trac and a couple Big FWA tractors, 200-300 hp, Huge combine and sprayer, and two semi's to haul corn & beans to the grain terminals.
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