We just covered it. Bill Gates’ 2026 Portfolio: Top 10 Stocks to Buy. Deere & Co (NYSE:DE) is ranked No. 6 (see Bill Gates’ 2026 Portfolio: Top 5 Stocks to Buy). Deere & Co (NYSE:DE) operates in a cyclical business of agricultural and construction equipment linked to commodity prices and interest rates. But it is rapidly diversifying into precision agriculture and automation technologies. It is expanding its John Deere Operations Center digital platform and monetizing products such as See & Spray computer vision weed control and autonomous-ready tractors with subscription-style software fees. What about its core business? Despite cyclicality, Deere & Co (NYSE:DE) has long-term secular growth catalysts related to rising global food demand, expanding infrastructure, and increasing mechanization in emerging markets. Its equipment sales could be supported by demand for replacement cycles for aging machinery and higher capacity tractors.

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