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CHICAGO (Reuters) - Deere & Co on Friday upgraded its fiscal 2021 earnings forecast after profit more than doubled in the first quarter on improved demand for farm and construction machines, sending its shares higher.
FILE PHOTO: A sign stands near a combine harvester outside John Deere's Harvester Works facility in East Moline, Illinois, U.S. November 7, 2019. REUTERS/Daniel Acker/File Photo
The Moline, Illinois-based company said higher farm commodity prices and rising exports, coupled with lower equipment inventories, have boosted the demand for farm machines.
Its early order program for sprayers, planters and combines all experienced double-digit growth. Orders for large tractors now extend into the fourth quarter.