With over 320,000 sold by the end of its original production in 1952, it was a popular tractor that used Deere & Company's two cylinder design. The Model A was intended to directly compete with McCormick's Farmall tractors. With the advent of John Deere's numerical model numbering system, the A became the John Deere 60, and later the 620 and 630, 3010, 3020, 4030, 4040, 4050, 4055, and ended with the 7610. It received a styling upgrade in 1939 and electric starting in 1947.
The A was produced in a wide variety of versions for special-purpose cultivation. The John Deere Model A is a row crop tractor manufactured by Deere & Company.