JOHN DEERE
Profile
John Deere is the largest global manufacturer of agricultural machinery and equipment and also the leading manufacturer in Europe in regards to production and technology development. There is a strong focus on smart farming, which uses satellite systems, wireless communication and big data analytics to increase crop yields in a profitable and sustainable way and to address the needs of food safety and security of a growing world population.
Competences & Capabilities
The participation in EIT Food is coordinated and managed by the John Deere European Technology Innovation Center (JD ETIC). As one of its key pillars ETIC extends John Deere’s partnerships with public research institutions, NGOs (CEMA, VDMA, VDI) and other companies in Europe.
Key focus areas are:
- Sustainable farming
- Automation & autonomy
- Artificial intelligence
- Sensor technologies
- Electrification
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Partner in the following EIT Food projects
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projectNext 21st of February, be part of the Openday Parla Innovation CenterFrom EIT Food, as part of the Parla Innovation Center, we encourage you to attend the Parla Innovation Center Openday, on...
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projectExplore how innovative, digital technologies can help achieve sustainable intensification of arable farming systems.
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projectGain an understanding of sustainable food production and the challenges that farmers face to offer a sustainable food supply.
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Revolutionising the Food Chain with Technology
2020 > 2023
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Discover how innovative technologies could revolutionise the food sector
Professional Development Framework
2020 > 2022
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EIT Food’s Professional Development Framework aims to provide a key resource for the food sector by creating an integrated approach to develop a skilled, innovative workforce.
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Consider ways arable farmers in the EU can use agri-tech to benefit business
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The European Food Systems Education and Training (EFSET) programme addresses the increasingly challenging array of food-related problems, such as food waste or malnutrition.
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Temperature fluctuations during storage of frozen foods result in big chunks of ice causing major quality defects of the product. A controlled deceleration of recrystallization processes can be achieved by specific ice structuring proteins…
Constituent sensing of small grains
2019 > 2020
project
Knowledge of the food constituents (e.g. protein, carbohydrates) is important for consumers as indicators of nutritional value as well as for the food producers concerning processing quality.
Explore How Farmers Produce Food Sustainably
2019 > 2023
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Gain an understanding of sustainable food production and the challenges that farmers face to offer a sustainable food supply.
Focus on Farmers
2019
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Agricultural technologies and innovations offer significant opportunities to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of farm businesses, through optimised yields, reduced environmental impact and increased profitability.
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Build your knowledge of food production challenges and technology
Master in Food Systems
2019 > 2024
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Develop in-depth knowledge about food systems through studying consecutively at three distinct European academic institutions and use your knowledge to drive the future transformation of the food system.
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Communicating the benefits of precision farming
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Providing precision agriculture solutions for farmers
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Enabling more effective and efficient weed control
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Mycotoxins can significantly reduce food quality, especially in wheat production.
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New technologies and innovations offer significant opportunities to farm businesses to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of operations, enhance yields and outputs, as well as reducing environmental impacts.
news
EIT Food and Mars Petcare have announced the launch of an Open Innovation Challenge to identify innovative solutions to transform fibre into protein and sugar, with the aim of developing more sustainable pet food ingredients.
blog
Ageing is a natural part of life, but who says ageing can’t be healthy? Food and nutrition play a key role in ensuring health and wellbeing extends to all ages, and here we spotlight some of the key solutions across Europe.
regional blog
From discussions about sustainable packaging, to the future of the EU-Green Deal, and not forgetting the newest topic of pet food, EIT Food’s community dived into multiple conversations across their Edinburgh conference.
regional news
An EIT Food funded project adapted recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS) technology for fish production to create a water treatment solution that cleans and recycles water. It does this with zero-discharge to maintain the welfare and…
regional news
An EIT Food funded project utilised a novel cutting-edge technology to harness the power of clean energy sources and natural carbon dioxide (CO₂) for the cultivation of microalgae as a sustainable source of ingredients for the aquafeed…
Call for Delivery Partner - TeamUp Programme
February 21, 2023
regional news
EIT Food is looking for a partner to help us deliver TeamUp - a Startup Team Builder programme of EIT Food.
Welcome to our new partners to the EIT Food South Community!
April 20, 2020
news
We send a warm welcome to our new partners who are now joining the EIT Food Community: 6 Core Partners, 4 Network Partners and 2 associate partners. Each of these organisations brings considerable expertise and experience to support our…