Deere & Co. has signed a definitive agreement to acquire PLA, a privately-held manufacturer of sprayers, planters, and specialty products for agriculture.

Based on results from a survey we conducted when the deal was first announced, most no-tillers are likely pleased with the news that Deere will no longer be acquiring Precision Planting.

According to a April 26 report in Law360, the companies’ attorneys were not allowed to get the names of the people that the DOJ expert interviewed as part of the suit to block Deere’s acquisition of Precision Planting from Monsanto.

The Des Moines Register reports attorneys for Kinze filed motions asking a federal judge to stop John Deere from trying to access a wide variety of internal documents about the Williamsburg company's planting equipment business, including marketing strategies, sales data and research and development plans.

According to a report in the Capital Press, Deere & Co. claims CNH Industrial initiated the complaint with the U.S. Dept. of Justice that led to the DOJ's blocking of Deere's acquisition of Precision Planting.

Deere & Co. has reached an agreement to enable Ag Leader, a precision agriculture competitor, to offer products currently sold by Precision Planting. The agreement is contingent on Deere completing the acquisition of Precision Planting from The Climate Corp., a subsidiary of Monsanto Co.