Deere announces factory workforce adjustments

Deere & Co. has informed about 220 employees at John Deere Seeding and Cylinder in Moline, Ill., that they will be placed on indefinite layoff effective Feb. 15, 2016.

The layoffs reflect the company’s forecast that agricultural machinery sales will decrease in fiscal year 2016. Deere said the actions are taken to align the size of the manufacturing workforce at individual factories with market demand for products made at each location.

In the past manufacturing employees at John Deere Seeding and Cylinder have experienced seasonal layoffs in the spring and returned to work in the fall. This layoff is indefinite with no specific call-back date.