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BY KELLEN M. HENRY– MEDILL NEWS SERVICE

Deere & Co. [[DE]] saw its profits drop in the third quarter of 2009, but the agriculture machinery manufacture fared better than analysts expected.

The Moline, Ill.-based tractor-maker’s net income fell 27 percent to $420 million for the quarter ended [...]