CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	Apr. 30, 2015	Oct. 31, 2014	Apr. 30, 2014	Oct. 31, 2013
Assets
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 4,355.4	$ 3,787.0	$ 3,078.5	$ 3,504.0
Marketable securities	392.9us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecurities	1,215.1us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecurities	1,571.7us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecurities
Receivables from unconsolidated affiliates	46.4us-gaap_DueFromRelatedParties	30.2us-gaap_DueFromRelatedParties	38.3us-gaap_DueFromRelatedParties
Trade accounts and notes receivable - net	4,717.1us-gaap_AccountsAndNotesReceivableNet	3,277.6us-gaap_AccountsAndNotesReceivableNet	5,119.7us-gaap_AccountsAndNotesReceivableNet
Financing receivables - net	24,745.8	27,422.2	25,496.1
Financing receivables securitized - net	4,741.1us-gaap_LoansPledgedAsCollateral	4,602.3us-gaap_LoansPledgedAsCollateral	4,345.4us-gaap_LoansPledgedAsCollateral
Other receivables	873.4us-gaap_OtherReceivables	1,500.3us-gaap_OtherReceivables	1,194.2us-gaap_OtherReceivables
Equipment on operating leases - net	4,195.2	4,015.5	3,203.8
Inventories	4,624.2us-gaap_InventoryNet	4,209.7us-gaap_InventoryNet	5,849.6us-gaap_InventoryNet
Property and equipment - net	5,245.1us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet	5,577.8us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet	5,373.1us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet
Investments in unconsolidated affiliates	299.2	303.2	308.5
Goodwill	737.0us-gaap_Goodwill	791.2us-gaap_Goodwill	839.6us-gaap_Goodwill	845.0us-gaap_Goodwill
Other intangible assets - net	60.4	68.8	71.2
Retirement benefits	313.9	262.0	580.7
Deferred income taxes	2,659.4us-gaap_DeferredIncomeTaxAssetsNet	2,776.6us-gaap_DeferredIncomeTaxAssetsNet	2,458.1us-gaap_DeferredIncomeTaxAssetsNet
Other assets	1,587.5us-gaap_OtherAssets	1,496.9us-gaap_OtherAssets	1,249.2us-gaap_OtherAssets
Assets held for sale			84.7
Total Assets	59,594.0us-gaap_Assets	61,336.4us-gaap_Assets	60,862.4us-gaap_Assets
Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity
Short-term borrowings	8,989.0	8,019.2	8,763.0
Short-term securitization borrowings	4,702.7us-gaap_SecuredDebt	4,558.5us-gaap_SecuredDebt	4,329.5us-gaap_SecuredDebt
Payables to unconsolidated affiliates	130.1	101.0	134.5
Accounts payable and accrued expenses	7,260.2	8,554.1	8,150.3
Deferred income taxes	149.3us-gaap_DeferredIncomeTaxLiabilitiesNet	160.9us-gaap_DeferredIncomeTaxLiabilitiesNet	162.0us-gaap_DeferredIncomeTaxLiabilitiesNet
Long-term borrowings	23,622.8us-gaap_LongTermDebtNoncurrent	24,380.7us-gaap_LongTermDebtNoncurrent	23,166.9us-gaap_LongTermDebtNoncurrent
Retirement benefits and other liabilities	6,563.9	6,496.5	5,438.8
Liabilities held for sale			49.8
Total liabilities	51,418.0us-gaap_Liabilities	52,270.9us-gaap_Liabilities	50,194.8us-gaap_Liabilities
Commitments and contingencies (Note 14)
Common stock, $1 par value (issued shares at April 30, 2015 - 536,431,204)	3,745.2us-gaap_CommonStockValue	3,675.4us-gaap_CommonStockValue	3,621.6us-gaap_CommonStockValue
Common stock in treasury	(13,951.2)us-gaap_TreasuryStockValue	(12,834.2)us-gaap_TreasuryStockValue	(11,224.1)us-gaap_TreasuryStockValue
Retained earnings	22,673.4	22,004.4	20,931.3
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)	(4,293.6)	(3,783.0)	(2,663.5)	(2,693.0)
Total Deere & Company stockholders' equity	8,173.8us-gaap_StockholdersEquity	9,062.6us-gaap_StockholdersEquity	10,665.3us-gaap_StockholdersEquity
Noncontrolling interests	2.2us-gaap_MinorityInterest	2.9us-gaap_MinorityInterest	2.3us-gaap_MinorityInterest
Total stockholders' equity	8,176.0	9,065.5	10,667.6	10,267.7
Total Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity	$ 59,594.0	$ 61,336.4	$ 60,862.4

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