John Deere Acquires Sentera to Integrate Aerial Field Scouting
May 23, 2025
John Deere has acquired Sentera, a St. Paul, Minnesota–based provider of drone-mounted cameras and FieldAgent agronomic software. The deal will integrate Sentera's high-resolution imagery and prescription-generation capabilities into the John Deere Operations Center to expand the company’s precision-ag technology and deliver more actionable data to farmers, agronomists and equipment partners.
- Buyers
- John Deere
- Targets
- Sentera
- Industry
- Agriculture
- Location
- Minnesota, United States
- Transaction Type
- Buyout
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