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Does John Deere make its own "john deere" engine?

No

Thanks Would you happen to know what company builds them for JD?

Lawn Tractors ?
Garden Tractors ?
ZTR's ?
Fairway Mowers?
Chain Saw's ?
Line Trimers ?
Wide Area walk behinds ?
Snow Blowers ?
Self Propelled walk behind ?
Plain Push ?

ZTR

If the engine says JD on it then it will be a Briggs, modified to JD's spec which in most cases is a full forged crank.
Other engines are not rebranded so the Kawasaki or Kohler are standard engines.