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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * JENKINS JAMES R   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol DEERE & CO [DE] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) Senior V.P. & General Counsel (Last) (First) (Middle) DEERE & COMPANY, ONE JOHN DEERE PLACE 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 02/21/2006 (Street) MOLINE, IL 61265 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price $1 Par Common Stock (1) (2) 02/21/2006   M   3,000 A $ 42.3 70,846 (3) D   $1 Par Common Stock (1) (2) 02/21/2006   S   3,000 D $ 76.37 67,846 (3) D

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Market Priced Options (4)

$ 42.3

02/21/2006

M

3,000

(5)

12/12/2011

Common Stock

3,000

$ 0

0

D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
JENKINS JAMES R DEERE & COMPANY ONE JOHN DEERE PLACE MOLINE, IL 61265			Senior V.P. & General Counsel

Signatures

/s/James H. Becht, Secretary, Deere & Company, Under Power of Attorney		02/21/2006
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	References to Deere & Company common stock include associated preferred stock rights.
(2)	Exercise of Rule 16b-3 stock options and related sale of shares pursuant to a Rule 10(b)5-1 stock option exercise plan executed on June 2, 2005.
(3)	Includes 45,457 restricted stock units subject to restrictions or limitiations under the John Deere Omnibus Equity and Incentive Plan. Shares are not held by the reporting person during the period of limitation or restriction. Units include the ability to have shares withheld to satisfy income tax obligations.
(4)	All options include the ability to withhold shares upon the exercise of the options to satisfy income tax obligations.
(5)	The options vested in three approximately equal installments on December 12, 2002,2003 and 2004.

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