Pune, India (December 18, 2018) – Over the past two decades in India, John Deere has invested in state-of-the-art factories, innovative products, and new services to help Indian farmers be more productive. The latest example is the four-wheel-drive 3028EN tractor, which offers advanced technology and features suited for orchard and paddy farming.

The introduction of the new tractor is the latest example of Deere providing Indian farmers with technologically-advanced products that offer a wide range of farm solutions including tractors, harvesters and implements.

“Our journey in India began 20 years ago with the introduction of advanced product features such as power steering, oil immersed disk brakes, planetary reduction, force feed lubrication and high torque machines,” said Satish Nadiger, managing director. “John Deere was the first to introduce these features in India and they have now become industry standard.”

Nadiger said Deere is proud to have helped lead India from subsistence farming to Agri-entrepreneurship. “We have partnered with crop value chain partners for a holistic farm solution and have also introduced important safety features such as roll over protection and seat belts. Our product advances have been immensely valued by our farmer customers.”

Nadiger said John Deere is also meeting the need to bring new technologies to tractors and farm equipment that lower the overall cost of farm operations, reduce the number of operations needed in the field, and improve the speed of seeding and fertilizing equipment. For instance, he said, introduction of technologies such as a front PTO (power takeoff) and specially designed front farm implements have helped reduce the cost of some operations by more than 25 per cent.

John Deere Technology Centre Pune, provide services and solutions adding value in areas of product engineering, manufacturing, quality, supply chain, IT solutions and customer support services to various John Deere businesses globally.

John Deere’s Engineering Centre in Pune has responsibility worldwide for Deere’s design and innovation in utility tractors.