31 models · $15,734–$82,365 (30 of 31 priced) · 21.5–95 hp
John Deere fields 31 tractors on this list, smallest first. The one that buys the most PTO horsepower per dollar is the John Deere 3043D at 1.22 PTO hp per $1,000 — counting the 26 of 30 whose prices are for a comparable build. The biggest loader figure is 3,027 lbs, on the John Deere 5085M and the John Deere 5095M — they share a loader, measured at the pivot pin.
Deere's compact tractors come from Augusta, Georgia, a factory that started in 1990 with a compact utility tractor, passed its millionth tractor in 2014 and builds the 1, 2, 3 and 4 families for North America and export. Unlike Kubota, Deere does not make these small diesels: the compacts run Yanmar engines (the 1025R's is a Yanmar 3TNV80F). The 5 family on this page is the step into utility tractors proper.
The first digit is the frame family and the letter is the trim. E models are the plainer builds (the 3E runs about 9.3 gpm of hydraulics), R models the premium chassis with stronger hydraulics, a heavier hitch and more electronics, and M models sit between, as the 4M does with an open station and a standard PowrReverser. D is the gear-drive economy line: the 3025D, 3035D and 3043D arrived in June 2019 to undercut Deere's own hydrostatics. The small end is being renamed. In February 2026 Deere announced redesigned model year 2027 1 Series tractors, the 1E 23, 1M 25 and 1R 25, taking over from the 1023E, 1025R and 2025R; the 1M 25 and 1R 25 can now be ordered with a factory HVAC cab and come with tilt steering, and all three get a hood that opens to 77 degrees.
Every 1, 2R, 3 and 4 family tractor from 22.4 to 65.9 engine hp carries a 6 year or 2,000 hour powertrain warranty, whichever comes first, for residential and commercial use, over a 2 year or 2,000 hour basic warranty. That matches Kubota's compact term and caps hours where Kioti's does not.
Fit and finish come up more often than raw numbers. The AutoConnect drive-over mower deck on the 1 and 2 families is the feature most often named as the reason to pay more, and 3E owners describe buying frame and weight, not horsepower, while staying under the 25 hp line with no particulate filter. The objection is price: a Kioti or LS of the same horsepower usually lists more loader and hitch for less money, and the long-running argument over whether the 2025R was worth about $3,000 more than a 1025R shows how carefully a Deere buyer has to read the brand's own price ladder.
Sources: tractordata.com, tractordata.com, trigreenequipment.com, tractordata.com, jldlague.com, 21stcenturyequipment.com
John Deere
Same 21.5 hp Yanmar and same 758 lb hitch as the 1023E it replaces for model year 2027, on a simplified frame with a folding ROPS. Deere keeps this one to the essentials - no cruise control, no cab option - while the 1M 25 a step above gets both.
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John Deere
Deere's price of entry: the same 1-Series frame and 120R loader mounts as the 1025R, minus cruise control, the independent PTO and about three thousand dollars. Carried into 2026 as the 1E 23, so the old badge is now mostly a used-lot search term.
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John Deere
Replacing the 1025R for model year 2027, this one adds what the 1025R never offered: a factory-installed HVAC cab. Same 758 lb hitch, a 6.3 gpm pump and cruise control standard, sitting between the stripped 1E 23 and the heavier, longer 1R 25.
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John Deere
Best-selling sub-compact in the US, and the AutoConnect deck is most of the reason - a mower you fit and drop without leaving the seat. It continues for 2026 under the 1M 25 name, same 23.9 hp Yanmar and same 905 lb loader.
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John Deere
Deere's cheapest way into the 3 Series, and the only one with no hydrostatic option at all: an 8F/8R synchromesh shuttle box and a 24.4 hp Yanmar held deliberately under 25 hp, which is how it dodges the diesel particulate filter its 3035D and 3043D siblings carry.
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John Deere
Deere moved the 2025R's job into the renamed 1 Series and called the result the 1R 25, but the hardware grew rather than shrank: 915 lb at the hitch, 7.4 gpm of pump flow and a 63 in. wheelbase against 758 lb and 57 in. on the 1M 25. Cab and cruise control are both on the sheet.
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John Deere
A 1-Series operator station bolted to a heavier frame, and the 1,150 lb three-point against the 1025R's 681 lb is the whole argument for the step up. Deere rolled it into the renamed 1R 25 for 2026; the machine did not change, the badge did.
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John Deere
Deere's cheapest full-frame compact, and deliberately stripped to get there: basic dash, no mid-PTO, no premium hydraulics. The 1,356 lb three-point and 2,354 lb frame are what separate it from a 2-Series, which it undercuts while out-lifting.
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John Deere
Ten more horsepower than the 3025D from the same 1.6 L Yanmar block and the same 8F/8R shuttle gearbox, with 30.4 hp reaching the PTO - enough for a 6 ft rotary cutter. Crossing 25 hp brings a diesel particulate filter the 3025D avoids.
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John Deere
Deere's volume compact and the machine most cross-shopped against a Kubota L2502: 31.2 hp, two-range hydrostatic, and a 300E loader, at 2,222 lb. The E line trades the 3R's cab, flow and hitch for a price several thousand lower.
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John Deere
Deere's real utility line starts here, and it is a different animal from the compacts below it: a 2.9 L PowerTech three-cylinder that Deere builds itself, a Category 2 hitch lifting 3,192 lb, and no diesel particulate filter to regenerate.
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John Deere
Turbocharging is what separates this from the 3032E below it: a 1.568 L Yanmar 3TNV86CT making 36.7 hp and 30 at the PTO, in a chassis 446 lb heavier. Hitch, hydraulics and loader are unchanged from the rest of the E line.
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John Deere
Deere's premium small compact, sharing the 3032E's 1.642 L Yanmar and hydraulics but wrapping them in a heavier chassis with a step-through platform, tilt wheel and standard cruise control. It costs more than the 3032E and lifts less.
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John Deere
The only turbocharged gear-drive D, and the biggest: a 1.57 L Yanmar 3TNV86CT making 41.6 hp, 36.3 of it at the PTO. It runs the same hitch, hydraulics and 2,840 lb chassis as the 3035D, so the whole price step buys engine.
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John Deere
Thirty-seven horsepower while keeping the AutoConnect mower deck on the options list, which nothing else this size manages. Sitting between the 2025R and the 3-Series, its premium platform - eHydro, cruise, full dash - is what the money buys.
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John Deere
Where the 5E line starts offering choices: a cab, a 12F/12R PowrReverser and even an eHydro are all on the 5060E order sheet, none of which the 5050E below it can have. Same 2.9 L PowerTech, same DPF-free aftertreatment, ten more horsepower.
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John Deere
The cheapest 3R chassis, and the money goes into hydraulics and hitch rather than horsepower: 15.3 gpm against the 3E line's 9.3, a 2,194 lb hitch, the larger 320R loader and a ComfortGard cab on the option sheet. The only 3R without a turbo.
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John Deere
The 5E most often bought for baling: 49 PTO hp out of the 2.9 L PowerTech, a Category 2 hitch and 6,029 lb of machine in 4WD trim, with a cab, PowrReverser or eHydro all available. It sits about $2,600 under a 5075E for 8.6 fewer horsepower.
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John Deere
Deere's 3R line picks up where the discontinued 3038R left off: a turbocharged 1.6 L Yanmar, 15.3 gpm of pump flow and a 2,194 lb hitch. Pick eHydro or a 12F/12R PowrReverser gearbox, and a ComfortGard cab with air conditioning is a factory option on the eHydro build.
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John Deere
Where Deere's compacts stop pretending to be lawn equipment: 42.5 hp, a 3,770 lb frame and 15.4 GPM of hydraulics. M trim drops the R's cab, premium electronics and suspension seat, which is most of the several-thousand-dollar gap.
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John Deere
A genuine farm tractor rather than an oversized compact, running Deere's own 2.9L three-cylinder through a 12F/12R PowrReverser to 3,192 lb at the hitch. The 3-cylinder 5E needs no DPF, no DEF and no regen, which is a maintenance argument by itself.
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John Deere
The only Deere compact under 4 Family with a turbocharged, intercooled engine: 44.7 hp from 1.568 L, at the head of the 3 Series. eHydro is the sole transmission - the PowrReverser offered on the 3033R and 3039R is not on this model's order sheet.
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John Deere
Fifty horsepower with a 12F/12R PowrReverser as standard equipment rather than an upcharge, and the 400E loader that lifts 2,396 lb at the pivot pin - nearly double what the 3 Series manages. The trade is the operator station: 4M is open-station only.
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John Deere
Cheapest way into a cab-capable 4 Family machine. eHydro is standard here rather than optional, the 440R self-levelling loader replaces the 4M's 400E, and the 2.189 L Yanmar is the only naturally aspirated engine left in the 4R line.
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John Deere
Same turbocharged 2.091 L Yanmar as the 4052M, moved into the 4R chassis: eHydro standard, the self-levelling 440R loader, and a premium ComfortGard cab on the order sheet. About $5,600 buys the cab option and the better loader, not more engine.
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John Deere
Largest of the open-station 4M machines: a charge-air-cooled 4TNV86CHT pulling 65 hp from the same 2.091 L block the 4052M uses, and 54.2 hp at the PTO. Hitch, hydraulics and loader are unchanged from the 4052M, so the step buys engine and 228 lb of chassis.
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John Deere
Sixty-six horsepower with a factory cab on the options list puts this nearer a small utility tractor than a garden machine, and at the ceiling of Deere's compact range. The 17.4 GPM hydraulic system and 3-range eHydro are what the R badge actually buys.
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John Deere
Biggest compact John Deere builds, and the only one that arrives with a cab as standard rather than an option. A charge-air-cooled 2.091 L Yanmar makes 74.3 hp, a heavy-duty front axle is base equipment, and eHydro is the only transmission offered.
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John Deere
A different class of machine from the 5E that shares its badge: 4.5 L of PowerTech across four cylinders, a 16F/16R PowrReverser as standard, 5,150 lb of hitch and MFWD included in the base price rather than charged as an option.
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John Deere
Ten more horsepower than the 5085M from the same 4.5 L PowerTech and the same chassis, weight and hitch. Eighty horsepower reaches the PTO, which is the practical dividing line for a mid-size round baler or a 10 ft disc mower.
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John Deere
Top of the 3-Series before the 3039R took over: 37.1 hp, 2,500 lb at the hitch and a choice of eHydro or PowrReverser. Deere has pulled its model page entirely, so the compact-tractor family listing is the only maker page left pointing at it.
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