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Deere and Company to Hold Stockholders’ Meeting

Moline based Deere and Company will name its annual board of directors at its stockholders’ meeting on Wednesday, February 25, 2015. The meeting comes jus...

Moline based Deere and Company will name its annual board of directors at its stockholders' meeting on Wednesday, February 25, 2015.

The meeting comes just five days after the company reported a net income drop of 43 percent for the first quarter of 2015, compared to the same time period of 2014. Net sales in agriculture also dropped 27 percent for the first quarter of 2015.

The company blames a reduced demand for agricultural machinery, as a reason for the drop off.  Regardless, the company's first quarter earnings still beat Wall Street's expectations.

Wednesday's meeting comes just a month after Deere announced 900 indefinite layoffs in Iowa and Illinois. Nearly 50 of those layoffs came from Harvester Works in East Moline. Wednesday's meeting starts at 10 a.m. at World Headquarters in Moline.

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