John Deere anchors DEPLOY's agriculture category. Physical AI reaches the farm as enterprise equipment, not a consumer product; the verified-vs-claimed framework separates what is at scale from what is announced.
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The at-scale story is See & Spray, not the autonomous tractor: targeted herbicide across about five million acres in 2025 is real volume, while the Autonomous 8R/9RX tractors are earlier and narrower than the headlines suggest.
Price
No reviewed price is on record. We do not treat unverified analyst estimates as pricing data. John Deere does not publish a consumer price for its autonomy products. The Autonomous 8R and 9RX tractors and the See & Spray system are enterprise agricultural equipment sold to farms (often via dealers and subscriptions), not consumer goods, so there is no consumer price. DEPLOY records zero price points.
Availability
Internal use only
These are enterprise farm products, not consumer goods. See & Spray is in commercial use (about five million acres in 2025), and the Autonomous 8R ships for tillage; the CES-2025 9RX and 5ML are early rollout, not at-scale. You cannot buy these as a consumer.
Real-world status
DEPLOY classifies Deere's autonomy maturity as commercial. The Autonomous 8R (tillage, since CES 2022) and See & Spray (targeted herbicide, from the Blue River acquisition, reported across about five million acres in 2025) are in commercial use; the CES-2025 second generation (Autonomous 9RX, 5ML orchard tractor, a 460 P-Tier dump-truck pilot, a battery-electric mower) is early rollout, not at-scale shipping. The 8R autonomy is tillage-focused, not full-task farm autonomy. Deere has stated a long-term vision of a fully autonomous farm by 2030; DEPLOY does not assert specific autonomous-machine counts, which have been conflated with separate connected-machine goals.
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Deere reports See & Spray used across about five million acres in 2025, and the Autonomous 8R has handled tillage since its CES 2022 debut.
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The 8R autonomy is tillage-focused, not full-task farming, and the CES-2025 9RX and 5ML are early rollout, not at-scale. Deere has stated a fully-autonomous-farm vision for 2030, but DEPLOY does not assert specific autonomous-machine counts, which have been conflated with separate connected-machine goals.
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Deere does not publish a consumer price for its autonomy products. They are sold to farms via dealers and subscriptions, so DEPLOY records zero price points rather than inventing one.
Physical AI beyond humanoids: Deere vs Built vs Symbotic
John Deere
Built Robotics
Symbotic
Category
Agriculture
🟢verified
Construction
🟢verified
Warehouse (AMR)
🟢verified
What it is
Autonomous tractors + See & Spray
🟢verified
Excavator retrofit + solar piler
🟢verified
Warehouse automation system
🟢verified
At-scale today
See & Spray (~5M acres)
🟢verified
Solar piling
🟢verified
~42 DCs
🟢verified
Consumer price
None
⊘absence
None
⊘absence
None
⊘absence
Tier
Commercial
🟢verified
Commercial
🟢verified
Commercial
🟢verified
Sources: DEPLOY registry, John Deere, Built Robotics, Symbotic
Frequently Asked Questions
How much does a John Deere autonomous tractor cost?
Deere does not publish a consumer price⊘absence. Its autonomy products are enterprise farm equipment sold via dealers and subscriptions, not consumer goods.
Can a consumer buy John Deere's autonomous tractor?
Not as a consumer good⊘absence. These are enterprise farm products sold to farms; there is no consumer price or retail purchase path.
How widely is See & Spray used?
Deere reports customers used See & Spray across about five million acres in 2025🟢verified. It is the most at-scale part of Deere's autonomy lineup.
Is the John Deere 8R fully self-driving?
It is autonomous for tillage🟢verified, which is a specific task, not full-task farming. The CES-2025 9RX and 5ML extend autonomy but are early rollout, not at-scale.
When will John Deere have a fully autonomous farm?
Deere has stated a vision of a fully autonomous farm by 2030🟡stated, but DEPLOY does not assert specific autonomous-machine counts for that target, which have been conflated with separate connected-machine goals⊘absence.
Pricing and availability are tagged verified or claimed against primary sources. Manufacturer targets are reported as targets, not prices you can pay today.