For the fourth quarter ended October 29, worldwide net sales of John Deere registered a 23 percent rise, to $8.018 billion, and increased 12 percent, to $29.738 billion, for the full year.  Net sales of the equipment operations were $7.094 billion for the quarter and $25.885 billion for the year, compared with respective totals of $5.650 billion and $23.387 billion in 2016..    “John Deere has completed another successful year as markets for farm and construction equipment showed improvement and our actions to build a more durable business model yielded ...