John Deere announced that it would recall 99 laid-off employees to its facilities in eastern Iowa. The workers will report to the machinery manufacturer’s Davenport and Dubuque Works sites starting in mid-February.
The decision came one day after President Donald Trump announced in Clive, Iowa, that John Deere planned to establish a parts distribution center near Hebron, Indiana, and add an excavator factory to its campus in Kernersville, North Carolina. Scheduled to open next year, the company expects the projects to create hundreds of jobs.
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Company executive Mark Dickson said the callbacks reflect an increase in demand across the company’s construction and forestry operations.
Davenport Works will welcome 75 employees to support production and utility-class assembly, articulated dump truck assembly, fabrication, machining, welding, painting and material handling. Dubuque Works will add 24 employees for production-class dozer assembly, fabrication and material handling.
Spanning 3.9 million square feet, the Dubuque facility makes various machinery, including backhoes, crawlers and compact track loaders. The Davenport site houses six production lines for motor graders, skidders, wheeled feller bunchers and other machines.
The Iowa WARN Log posted that John Deere laid off 211 Davenport manufacturing workers in August 2024 and 80 more in January 2025. The company also eliminated 133 employees from its Dubuque staff in July and August 2024.
Investigate Midwest reported in January 2025 that John Deere had cut more than 4,500 jobs since 2015.
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