More than five years ago, John Deere began a comprehensive examination of how we can use our extensive capabilities to help rural communities, landowners and agricultural interests benefit from the worldwide focus on the environment and renewable energy.

While we think bio-fuels, water and wind energy are among the topics that warrant additional efforts; to-date, the main focus of business development activities underway are in wind energy projects. John Deere currently has investments in wind energy projects in several locations across the United States. The current portfolio includes projects capable of producing more than 600 megawatts of electricity – enough to power over 40,000 homes.