we were discussing farm equipment and the question came up name a piece of equipment that deere made better and ahead of others-----we couldn't come up with a one plow no oliver got em ----corn planter nope kinze ---disk nope white and ih----disk mower no way try to fix one 20 years behind times----grinder mixer nope bearcat had em---mowing machine compare a deere 5-8-9 to a ford 501 it aint close---vee rake nope at least 3 companies better-----round balers nah Vermeer got em by years---if I didn't sell parts and work on em it ight be different but deere has some of the craziest ideas I have ever seen and it goes on square balers nh got em---elevators---ni all the way---bushog at least companies better and the list goes on and on and on