There are some interesting precision-related nuggets worth sharing from the recent John Deere 3Q 2025 earnings call.
Josh Beal, director of investor relations, went over some adoption statistics for JDLink boost, Deere’s connectivity solution for areas where cell coverage is lacking.
“Approximately 70% of the acres in Brazil lack reliable cell coverage, which is why we focused on that market first,” Beal said. “However, we've also been taking orders in the U.S. since January and went live this summer with availability in Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Across those 4 geographies, we've just crossed 1,000 units ordered and combining that with South American demand, we've surpassed 5,000 global orders in this first year of availability.”
Beal also said the demand for Deere’s Precision Essentials kit — a bundle of foundational precision technologies — continues to be robust. Since launching the package last year, Deere has surpassed 21,000 orders globally.
“Adoption of Precision Essentials has been a catalyst for greater engagement in the John Deere Operations Center,” Beal said. “Precision Essentials has brought over 2,400 new customers into the John Deere Operations Center. And for those that were already in the Ops Center, we’ve seen a 35% increase in their engaged acres and a nearly 50% increase in their highly engaged acres since adoption the solution.”
The Operations Center has surpassed 485 million acres across the globe, 30% of which are highly engaged, Beal added
He also touched on the latest See & Spray adoption trends.
“What’s been particularly encouraging has been the higher levels of utilization that we’re seeing from our 2024 cohort of machines, which are now in their second use season,” Beal said. “On average, 2024 See & Spray units are running the technology on 30% more acres this year. Additionally, these same customers have added incremental See & Spray units to their fleet this season. This is evidence of the value that our customers are seeing in the technology.”
Deere’s new precision harvesting features are also paying off for some large acreage farmers, according to Cory Reed, president, worldwide ag & turf division: production and precision ag, Americas and Australia.
“We recently visited a large customer running the tech, and they’re seeing an over 30% increase in throughput measured in bushels per hour with the use of harvest settings automation,” Reed said. “Additionally, they reported more than 20% increase in machine productivity or acres per hour through the use of predictive ground speed automation.”
Reed added that those numbers are consistent with early season reports from the Operations Center, but he said it’s always good to hear it firsthand from the customer.
