Key Issues

  • Climate Change/Energy Policy

    Climate change is increasingly impacting business strategies throughout John Deere's various business divisions. The agriculture, forestry, and land-use sectors, including turf and landscape, have the potential to reduce and sequester a significant portion of the nation's total greenhouse gas emissions (GHG), as well as generate renewable energy and produce low-carbon fuels...
  • Health Care Reform

    Despite several early setbacks, overhaul of the nation's health care system remains a high priority for the Obama administration. Reform efforts will seek to provide affordable, accessible health care insurance for all Americans. John Deere supports change that will bring about affordable, sustainable, quality health care without weakening the current employer provided system...
  • Infrastructure

    America's infrastructure directly affects our economic and social well-being. Every day we rely upon our roads, bridges, transit, rail, water, waste, and other infrastructure to survive and thrive...
  • Labor & Workplace Environment

    Card check legislation, entitled the "Employee Free Choice Act"(EFCA) is legislation that was introduced in March 2009 and being considered by Congress. This bill would change the methods for establishing how a union...
  • Trade

    • Trade
    • Customs
    • Technical Standards