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Quad Cities Farm Machinery Industry Hits Hard Times
The Quad Cities area faces 27,227 layoffs as farm equipment makers Deere and Harvester scale back. union leaders warn of ongoing unemployment as farmers’ cash flow shrinks, with 13.9 percent area jobless and broader Midwest woes raising doubt about a near-term recovery.
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Moline
Ill
Illinois
Middle West
Quad Cities
Iowa
East Moline
Rock Island
Davenport
Mississippi River
Deere and Co
World Industrial Training
International Harvester Co
Jim Hecker
United Auto Workers Union
Norm Kennedy
Wisconsin
Kennedy
McLaughlin Body Co
Deere, Harvester
Harvester
Louisville
Rockford
Kankakee
Decatur
Peoria
Deere
Dean McKee
Mississippi
Deere and
McKee
Texas
Colorado
Arizona
Canada
Alaska
James Davis
Joe Larson
General Growth Properties
Davis
UAW
Hecker
Deere & Co
International Harvester
Caterpillar Tractor Co
Canessa
Penny
April
Sharon