 Michael Harrington, SRN News. Farm equipment maker John Deere says it will no longer sponsor gay pride parades, making the agricultural machinery manufacturer one of the latest U.S. companies to distance itself from the queer trans agenda. Deere's announcement comes just weeks after rural retailer Tractor Supply ended an array of homosexual sponsorships. Both companies are acting against a wider backdrop of backlash that's been targeting firms which have gone all in on the queer trans agenda.