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CLAIM #20255 · DE (DE) · 2025Q3 earnings call · Aug 14, 2025 · due Oct 31, 2026

On top of that, the underproduction we've done this year in small ag and construction forestry should be a year-over-year tailwind to our production as we move into '26 as we're enabling both businesses to build in line with retail demand next year.

Josh Jepsen · CFO

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graded after results covering Oct 31, 2026 are reported

How to check this claim

Look at: Small Ag & Turf and Construction & Forestry segment production/shipment volumes (or production tailwind commentary) year-over-year for fiscal 2026

It came true if: FY2026 production volume in Small Ag & Turf and Construction & Forestry higher than FY2025 production volume (positive year-over-year production comparison)

Where: Company 10-K/quarterly segment disclosures and management commentary on earnings calls (Deere & Company)

In context

an field inventories are between 25% and 30% lower year-over-year. In short, we feel like the hard work that we've done and the tough decisions we've made across the business over the past 2 years have us set up to respond as end markets inflect. Cory J. Reed: This is Cory. I want to take a second to double down on that point. We, as an organization, have intentionally and proactively responded to this downturn faster and more aggressively than ever before. The results of that work are apparent in the reductions that Josh just mentioned. We obviously don't have a crystal ball to know definitively when markets are going to turn. However, we know that when that happens, nobody is better positioned to respond to the demand than us. Joshua A. Jepsen: This is Jepsen. I agree with Cory's point. On top of that, the underproduction we've done this year in small ag and construction forestry should be a year-over-year tailwind to our production as we move into '26 as we're enabling both businesses to build in line with retail demand next year. Josh Beal: Thanks Josh for that color. And continuing with the theme of what we can control, the other big area is costs. And again, it starts with our factories. Our facilities have been running efficiently. We've taken costs out of our operations that we have adjusted to lower unit volumes this year. And as a result, when you look year-over-year, we're seeing favorable overhead comparisons. On top of that, our supply management team in partnership with our supply base and our internal product design engineers continues to work diligently to drive material costs out of the business, and we're seeing that favorability again this quarter. Chris, you said this earlier, but I think it's notable to repeat that our ag and turf business remained production costs favorable in the quarter despite

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SEC filings for DE · Claim quote is verbatim from the 2025Q3 earnings call.