John Deere Press Room 2009

RICHARD JOHNSON, managing director of John Deere Limited in the UK & Ireland, has been presented with the Michael Dwyer Memorial Prize at the Landwards Conference held in May 2009 at the Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester.

The prize, part of the annual awards announced by the Institution of Agricultural Engineers (IAgrE), was in recognition of his continuing role establishing John Deere as one of the UK’s leading agricultural and groundscare suppliers. A single-company man, Richard was one of the first to benefit from a work placement scheme when he joined John Deere from Harper Adams agricultural college in 1987. Since then he has held prominent positions within the company, culminating in his appointment as managing director in 2006.

Another experienced and longstanding member of the agricultural machinery industry who was honoured with an IAgrE Award for 2009 was Don Macmillan. Don was John Deere’s first UK dealer and has since written several best-selling books on the history of the brand.

June 2009