May 15, 2021 5:00 pm John Deere established its UK and Ireland headquarters at Langer, Nottinghamshire, in 1966. The site was on the edge of the wartime airfield which had been home to British bombers and US transporters. The company has now made a further £1.5 million investment in training facilities nearby. The new centre is farm-based and is situated a few miles away in upper Saxondale. The opening will mark the 30 th anniversary of the company’s first ag-tech apprentice intake, who were enrolled with the company’s original partner, Brooksby Melton College in 1992. John Deere prepares the ground The centre is designed specifically and solely for John Deere dealer apprentices attending the company’s training programmes.