- John Deere will lay off 119 workers at its Ankeny facility in three phases starting March 28.
- The company attributes the layoffs to a struggling farm economy and reduced customer orders, not production shifts to Mexico.
- This is the 16th round of layoffs at John Deere in the past year, totaling about 2,000 jobs cut across Iowa plants.
https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/money/agriculture/2025/02/21/john-deere-layoffs-ankeny/79437187007/