What is a 'Grant'. A grant is the issuance of an award, such as a stock option, to key employees under a stock plan. A stock option grants the employee the right to purchase a certain number of shares of the company's stock at a predetermined price. This price is called the grant price.
John Deere agricultural tractors are built in Waterloo, Iowa, USA. Lawn mower tractors are built in Horicon, Wisconsin. Utility tractors are built in Grovetown, Georgia, USA. Other utility tractors sold in countries other than the US are built in Pune, India. Larger European tractors are built in Mannheim, Germany.
1947 Model M. In 1947 John Deere opened a new tractor factory in Dubuque, Iowa, built to produce The John Deere Model M. The M was created to address the increasing demand for small tractors and to compete with the increasingly popular Ford and Ferguson Tractors.