CAPITAL STOCK (Details) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Oct. 31, 2021 USD ($) item $ / shares shares	Nov. 01, 2020 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Nov. 03, 2019 USD ($) $ / shares shares
Common stock
Common stock, par value (in dollars per share) | $ / shares	$ 1	$ 1
Number of holders of record of the company's $1 par value common stock | item	18,466
Common stock, authorized (in shares)	1,200,000,000	1,200,000,000
Common stock, issued (in shares)	536,431,204	536,431,204	536,400,000
Preferred Shares
Preferred stock, issued (in shares)	0
Preferred stock, authorized (in shares)	9,000,000
Common stock repurchase plans
Common stock shares remaining to be repurchased under repurchase plan (in dollars) | $	$ 5,811
Common stock shares remaining to be repurchased under repurchase plan (in shares)	17,000,000.0
Price per share (in dollars per share) | $ / shares	$ 342.31
Reconciliation of Basic and Diluted Net Income Per Share
Net income attributable to Deere & Company | $	$ 5,963	$ 2,751	$ 3,253
Average shares outstanding	311,600,000	313,500,000	316,500,000
Basic per share (in dollars per share) | $ / shares	$ 19.14	$ 8.77	$ 10.28
Diluted Earnings Per Share
Average shares outstanding	311,600,000	313,500,000	316,500,000
Effect of dilutive stock options (in shares)	2,400,000	3,100,000	4,100,000
Total potential shares outstanding	314,000,000.0	316,600,000	320,600,000
Diluted per share (in dollars per share) | $ / shares	$ 18.99	$ 8.69	$ 10.15
Antidilutive incremental shares related to share-based compensation excluded from computation of earnings per share		600,000	700,000
December 2019 Plan
Common stock repurchase plans
Repurchase of common stock shares, maximum authorization (in dollars) | $	$ 8,000