A long career at John Deere will end next month for a member of the senior management team. Tuesday the company announced Max Guinn will retire in November.
He has served as president of the Worldwide Construction and Forestry Division since 2014, and directed last year's acquisition of the Wirtgen Group - Deere's largest acquisition ever.
Guinn joined the company as an engineer in 1980.
Taking his place as president of Worldwide Construction and Forestry will be James Field who's now president of Deere's Agriculture and Turf Division.