The Feb. 7, 2004, bicentennial of John Deere’s birth passed quietly in his native Rutland. Likewise in Middlebury, where he got his start as a blacksmith, it was marked as a footnote rather than a ...
You spot them everywhere: John Deere machines. That bright green color catches the eye, but there is another detail that raises some eyebrows about the company; John Deere hailed from Rutland, making ...
Plowing in a field near Dillsburg, east of Rantoul are, from left, Greg Hammel with his John Deere 730 diesel, from left, Ryan Ackerman with his Farmall 560 diesel and Don Sjuts with his John Deere ...