ORGANIZATION AND CONSOLIDATION	3 Months Ended
Jan. 31, 2021
ORGANIZATION AND CONSOLIDATION
ORGANIZATION AND CONSOLIDATION	(1) Organization and Consolidation The information in the notes and related commentary are presented in a format which includes data grouped as follows: Equipment Operations – Represents the enterprise without financial services, while including the Company’s production and precision agriculture operations, small agriculture and turf operations, construction and forestry operations, and other corporate assets, liabilities, revenues, and expenses not reflected within financial services. Financial Services – Includes primarily the Company’s financing operations. Consolidated – Represents the consolidation of the equipment operations and financial services. References to “Deere & Company” or “the Company” refer to the entire enterprise. Beginning in fiscal year 2021, the Company implemented a new strategy, operating model, and reporting structure. With this change, the Company’s agriculture and turf operations were divided into two new segments: production and precision agriculture and small agriculture and turf. There were no changes to the construction and forestry and financial services segments. In addition, at the beginning of fiscal year 2021 the Company also reclassified goodwill from identifiable operating assets to corporate assets for segment reporting, as goodwill is no longer considered in evaluating the operating performance of the segments. Additional information on the new segments and the segment financial results are presented in Note 10. Prior period segment information was recast for a consistent presentation. References to agriculture and turf include both production and precision agriculture and small agriculture and turf. The Company uses a 52/53 week fiscal year with quarters ending on the last Sunday in the reporting period. The first quarter ends for fiscal year 2021 and 2020 were January 31, 2021 and February 2, 2020, respectively. Both periods contained 13 weeks. Prior to November 2, 2020, the operating results of the Wirtgen Group (Wirtgen) were incorporated into the Company’s consolidated financial statements using a one-month lag period. In the first quarter of 2021, the reporting lag was eliminated resulting in four months of Wirtgen’s activity in the quarter. The effect was an increase to “Net sales” of $270 million, which the Company considers immaterial to construction and forestry’s annual net sales. Prior period results were not restated. Variable Interest Entities The Company consolidates certain variable interest entities (VIEs) related to retail note securitizations (see Note 12). The Company also has an interest in a joint venture that manufactures construction equipment in Brazil for local and overseas markets. The joint venture is a VIE; however, the Company is not the primary beneficiary. Therefore, the entity’s financial results are not fully consolidated in the Company’s consolidated financial statements, but are included on the equity basis. The maximum exposure to loss was $7 million, $5 million, and $19 million at January 31, 2021, November 1, 2020, and February 2, 2020, respectively.

ORGANIZATION AND CONSOLIDATION

3 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2021

(1) Organization and Consolidation

The information in the notes and related commentary are presented in a format which includes data grouped as follows:

Equipment Operations – Represents the enterprise without financial services, while including the Company’s production and precision agriculture operations, small agriculture and turf operations, construction and forestry operations, and other corporate assets, liabilities, revenues, and expenses not reflected within financial services.

Financial Services – Includes primarily the Company’s financing operations.

Consolidated – Represents the consolidation of the equipment operations and financial services. References to “Deere & Company” or “the Company” refer to the entire enterprise.

Beginning in fiscal year 2021, the Company implemented a new strategy, operating model, and reporting structure. With this change, the Company’s agriculture and turf operations were divided into two new segments: production and precision agriculture and small agriculture and turf. There were no changes to the construction and forestry and financial services segments. In addition, at the beginning of fiscal year 2021 the Company also reclassified goodwill from identifiable operating assets to corporate assets for segment reporting, as goodwill is no longer considered in evaluating the operating performance of the segments. Additional information on the new segments and the segment financial results are presented in Note 10. Prior period segment information was recast for a consistent presentation. References to agriculture and turf include both production and precision agriculture and small agriculture and turf.

The Company uses a 52/53 week fiscal year with quarters ending on the last Sunday in the reporting period. The first quarter ends for fiscal year 2021 and 2020 were January 31, 2021 and February 2, 2020, respectively. Both periods contained 13 weeks.

Prior to November 2, 2020, the operating results of the Wirtgen Group (Wirtgen) were incorporated into the Company’s consolidated financial statements using a one-month lag period. In the first quarter of 2021, the reporting lag was eliminated resulting in four months of Wirtgen’s activity in the quarter. The effect was an increase to “Net sales” of $270 million, which the Company considers immaterial to construction and forestry’s annual net sales. Prior period results were not restated.

Variable Interest Entities

The Company consolidates certain variable interest entities (VIEs) related to retail note securitizations (see Note 12).

The Company also has an interest in a joint venture that manufactures construction equipment in Brazil for local and overseas markets. The joint venture is a VIE; however, the Company is not the primary beneficiary. Therefore, the entity’s financial results are not fully consolidated in the Company’s consolidated financial statements, but are included on the equity basis. The maximum exposure to loss was $7 million, $5 million, and $19 million at January 31, 2021, November 1, 2020, and February 2, 2020, respectively.