Deere & Co.

On Nov. 17, the union representing John Deere workers finally approved a six-year contract, which ended the strike.

Skilled labor and manufacturing workers at John Deere make anywhere from $18 per hour to $30 per hour.

Thousands of John Deere workers are on strike. What are their demands, and will the company meet the demands?

There’s a handful of big players in the agricultural fertilizer industry. Setting up business requires huge capital, which makes for a high barrier to entry.

3M offers pension and post-retirement benefit plans to its employees. The company has more than 75 defined benefit plans in 27 countries.

For Deere, 33% of the analysts recommended the stock as a “buy,” 62% recommended the stock as a “hold,” and 5% recommended the stock as a “sell.”

Analysts are expecting Deere (DE) to post EPS earnings per share of $1.91 for fiscal 3Q17, which would be an increase of 23.2% on a YoY basis.

Dow Chemical’s (DOW) Agricultural Sciences segment accounted for 11.8% of DOW’s total revenue as compared to 13.2% in 2Q16.

The British pound (FXB) (GBB) is trading at 31-year low of 1.25 as of February 2017, its lowest level since 1985. The currency fell ~11% in 2016.

Caterpillar, the world’s largest manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, will declare its 3Q16 earnings before the market opens on October 25.

The US and Canada regions were responsible for 63.9%, 63%, and 66.1% of Deere & Company’s (DE) total revenues in 2013, 2014, and 2015, respectively.

Despite relying on dealers to sell its iconic tractors for almost a 100 years, Deere & Company (DE) began consolidating its dealer network in the mid-2000s.

One of the ways to calculate free cash flows is by deducting capital expenditures from the company’s operating cash flows.