Deere & Co.'s DE -4.71% fiscal second-quarter earnings rose 2.7%, but the company whittled its sales outlook for the year amid concerns that cool, wet weather in the U.S. will hamper this year's farm crop and hold down demand for farm machinery.

Complete Final Tier 4/Stage IV lineup introduced at Bauma 2013

How dealers serving the hobby farmer, large property owner and lawn and landscape contractor segments view their prospects for increasing sales revenues in 2013 varies significantly depending upon which major brand of equipment the dealership carries.

Consumers looking for John Deere utility tractors, lawn and garden equipment, loaders, and other equipment will have a great opportunity to see and test drive the latest equipment during the company's annual Drive Green Challenge events this year

John Deere Pulls Dealership from New Hampshire Company After 84 Years

Riesterer & Schnell, a John Deere dealership group with several locations in Eastern, Northeastern and now Central Wisconsin, purchased Faivre Implement's two John Deere dealerships in Stevens Point and Westfield, effective January 2, 2013.

A new adapter from Worksaver allows skid steer type attachments to be used on tractors equipped with John Deere models 146/148/158 loaders with pin-on buckets retained with 1 1/8"? pins.

Riesterer & Schnell Inc. (R&S), a John Deere dealership group with several locations, has purchased Faivre Implement's Stevens Point and Westfield John Deere dealerships, effective January 2, 2013.

Brandt Agricultural Products Ltd. is pleased to announce Frontier Ag & Turf as the newest Brandt Authorized Dealer in Wisconsin and Minnesota. With six locations throughout the region, Frontier Ag & Turf is an authorized John Deere dealer and specializes in agricultural, commercial, residential, golf & sports, power sports, and wind energy products.

John Deere has been named a Thomson Reuters 2012 Top 100 Global Innovator. The program honors corporations and institutions that are at the heart of innovation as measured by a series of proprietary patent-related metrics. The list is an initiative of the Intellectual Property Solutions business of Thomson Reuters. "Meaningful innovation at John Deere is creating product and service solutions that solve real problems and create value for our customers and our company," said Samuel R. Allen, chairman and chief executive officer.