John Deere has announced it will suspend production at its plant in Ottumwa, Ia. for a month — from early December to early January — in the wake of reduced customer demand for its products, according to recent news reports.
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Kinze announced Aug. 1 that it will be implementing a reduction in its workforce in response to the ongoing economic downturn in the agricultural sector.
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Salford Group, a Canadian-based manufacturer of tillage, crop fertilizer and application equipment, will close its Osceola, Iowa, manufacturing plant and will lay off 51 workers.
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Deere announced it will lay off more than 300 production employees in Waterloo, IA, effective September 20.
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About 150 workers at John Deere’s campus in Ankeny, IA are getting laid off indefinitely in April and May.
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An exciting start-up member has a brand new immediate opening for an outside sales person.
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Gov. Kim Reynolds and the Iowa Economic Development Authority (IEDA) announced that Iowa will be investing an additional $2 million in the Manufacturing 4.0 Technology Investment Program to enhance productivity, efficiency and competitiveness in Iowa’s largest industry.
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The state estimates that hundreds of millions of bushels of commercial grain storage and tens of millions of bushels of on-farm grain storage were lost in the storm.
Read moreA judge in Iowa ruled last week that an environmental lawsuit brought against the state will move forward. The suit claims the state has violated the rights of citizens to clean water for recreational and drinking water uses.
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