Deere & Company
DE · New York Stock Exchange · Industrials
Shareholder advocacy aimed at Deere & Company
3 recorded campaigns from 3 organizations.
As You Sow at Deere & Company
Disclose the company's efforts to develop a productive and meritocratic workforce after concerns that it had abandoned diversity and inclusion initiatives.
American Family Association at Deere & Company
Asked Deere to publish a report on its charitable giving, and in particular on how its employee matching gift programme treats religious organisations. Bowyer Research says Deere's rules exclude seminaries, schools of theology, Bible schools and organisations working only for sectarian purposes from matching, which the firm describes as inconsistent treatment of employees of faith.
National Legal and Policy Center at Deere & Company
Asked Deere to report on whether its greenhouse gas reduction and renewable energy commitments are congruent with the interests and viability of the agricultural, forestry and construction customers it serves.
What shareholders voted on
From Deere & Company’s own filings with the SEC. Support is the share of votes cast for and against, so abstentions and broker non-votes are not counted in it.
2026
| Item | Kind | Asked for by | Support | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A shareholder proposal regarding shareholder right to act by written consent | Shareholder proposal | 38.5% | Failed | |
| A shareholder proposal regarding a report on the return on investment of emission reduction goals | Shareholder proposal | 1% | Failed | |
| A shareholder proposal regarding a report on faith-based business resource groups | Shareholder proposal | 0.6% | Failed | |
| Deloitte & Touche LLP | Company proposal | 94.9% | Passed | |
| The compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers with the following vote | Company proposal | 92.2% | Passed | |
| Election of Alan C. Heuberger | Director | 99.5% | Passed | |
| Election of Dmitri L. Stockton | Director | 99.1% | Passed | |
| Election of Brian Sikes | Director | 98.8% | Passed | |
| Election of Leanne G. Caret | Director | 98.7% | Passed | |
| Election of R. Preston Feight | Director | 98.1% | Passed | |
| Election of Sheila G. Talton | Director | 98% | Passed | |
| Election of L. Neil Hunn | Director | 97.5% | Passed | |
| Election of Gregory R. Page | Director | 97.1% | Passed | |
| Election of John C. May | Director | 96.8% | Passed | |
| Election of Tamra A. Erwin | Director | 92.1% | Passed |
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
| Item | Kind | Asked for by | Support | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deloitte & Touche LLP | Company proposal | 95.5% | Passed | |
| An advisory (non-binding) basis, the compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers disclosed in the Proxy Statement, including the Compensation Discussion & Analysis, the compensation tables and related disclosure, with the following vote | Company proposal | 94.1% | Passed | |
| Election of Tamra A. Erwin | Director | 99.8% | Passed | |
| Election of Alan C. Heuberger | Director | 99.7% | Passed | |
| Election of Sheila G. Talton | Director | 99.6% | Passed | |
| Election of Michael O. Johanns | Director | 99.3% | Passed | |
| Election of Charles O. Holliday Jr. | Director | 99.1% | Passed | |
| Election of Dmitri L. Stockton | Director | 98% | Passed | |
| Election of Dipak C. Jain | Director | 96.9% | Passed | |
| Election of Sherry M. Smith | Director | 96.4% | Passed | |
| Election of Clayton M. Jones | Director | 96.1% | Passed | |
| Election of John C. May | Director | 94.6% | Passed | |
| Election of Gregory R. Page | Director | 93.2% | Passed |
2020
2019
| Item | Kind | Asked for by | Support | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deloitte & Touche LLP | Company proposal | 96.5% | Passed | |
| An advisory (non-binding) basis, the compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers disclosed in the January 11, 2019 Proxy Statement (“Proxy Statement”), including the Compensation Discussion & Analysis, the compensation tables and related disclosure, with the following vote | Company proposal | 95.1% | Passed | |
| Election of Gregory R. Page | Director | 99.7% | Passed | |
| Election of Alan C. Heuberger | Director | 99.7% | Passed | |
| Election of Michael O. Johanns | Director | 99.6% | Passed | |
| Election of Charles O. Holliday Jr. | Director | 99.6% | Passed | |
| Election of Sheila G. Talton | Director | 99.4% | Passed | |
| Election of Dmitri L. Stockton | Director | 99.4% | Passed | |
| Election of Sherry M. Smith | Director | 99% | Passed | |
| Election of Clayton M. Jones | Director | 98.1% | Passed | |
| Election of Dipak C. Jain | Director | 97.3% | Passed | |
| Election of Vance D. Coffman | Director | 96.3% | Passed | |
| Election of Samuel R. Allen | Director | 95.8% | Passed |
2018
Proxy statements and vote results
Straight from Deere & Company’s own SEC filings. The proxy statement lists what shareholders were asked to vote on; the 8-K certifies how the vote went.
| Year | Filing | Filed |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Vote results | 2026-02-27 |
| 2026 | Proxy statement | 2026-01-14 |
| 2025 | Vote results | 2025-02-28 |
| 2025 | Proxy statement | 2025-01-10 |
| 2024 | Vote results | 2024-03-01 |
| 2024 | Proxy statement | 2024-01-10 |
| 2023 | Vote results | 2023-02-27 |
| 2023 | Proxy statement | 2023-01-11 |
| 2022 | Vote results | 2022-02-25 |
| 2022 | Proxy statement | 2022-01-07 |
| 2021 | Vote results | 2021-02-26 |
| 2021 | Proxy statement | 2021-01-08 |
| 2020 | Vote results | 2020-02-28 |
| 2020 | Proxy statement | 2020-01-10 |
| 2019 | Vote results | 2019-03-01 |
| 2019 | Proxy statement | 2019-01-11 |
| 2018 | Vote results | 2018-03-06 |
| 2018 | Proxy statement | 2018-01-12 |
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