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[@hhamilton1970]

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[@kevindickerson8036]

USA needs high tariffs

[@Denis-tu1pd]

Tariffes shoud be twice the cost of the unit . China is in our auto , close , shoes , consturction this country is goingvto be called usina

[@rikkilee9409]

with John Deere not letting people repair their own tractors and now this. its a good reason to boycott this over priced brand

[@TravelThailand8]

Buy China

[@markmccoy1304]

This is why I purchased 2 LS Tractors. They were $8,500 less money, with double the lift capacity, plus Deere ruined themselves when Ag Pro came along. They destroyed the Mom and Pop dealerships. The salesmen at Ag Pro are very arrogant and rude.

[@MC-ns9ef]

John Deere is not complaining about emissions equipment-it is making them richer. One of the main objectives of big business is to maximize profits to keep shareholders happy.

[@shoresharp8349]

JD made 10 billions of dollars 4 more billion than last yr.

[@ronaldferino3414]

I couldn't agree more. Our politicians have forgotten why they were elected and that was to represent us. Any more it just seems to be about them and how much power they can achieve for themselves. There is a large share I them whom have never started and ran a business that employed anybody, and when they say they have created jobs for the American people well that's just a lie. Business owners create jobs and pay the wages not the government. let's face it when was the last time the government did ANYTHING EFFICENTLY, I would hazard a guess never. They tell us we voluntarily pay taxes but just try not paying taxes and see where that gets you. I think people have to get better informed and start electing people that hopefully could get our country in a better way, we've seemed to have lost our way. And it's not just John Deere it's a lot of Hugh companies doing it for cheaper labor and supposedly to keep costs down but the prices seem to keep rising anyway and the quality of many products keep falling.

[@carlosg1165]

Agreed 1000 percent with you our stupidity in our administration is screwing our nation day by day 😢😢😢😢

[@Boxcarphilly]

And all under the guise of cleaning up our environment to keep Americans healthy. All bullshit, there’s a much greater agenda out there, and it does not include our health.

[@robertlong7033]

You can thank NAFTA which has been around for more than a generation.

[@RJ1999x]

​@@robertlong7033no you can thank weak leaders

[@KM-vc2yp]

I try to buy American made products when ever possible. But we do have an overbearing government that is destroying our manufacturing base along with greedy corporations.

[@leonardharview4577]

I'm originally from Detroit and now retired. I've been involved and participating in unions for the first half of my life including UAW, Teamsters, Brick Layers and Allied Craftsman and others. Early on in my working life I witnessed and maintained that workers rarely or organically seek unionization. It was the companies and corporations who forced workers to seek unionization mainly based on how they treated their workers from many aspects including salaries, working hours, safety parameters, changing work rules in the middle of the ball game, etc. and doing so w/o taking the worker's well being into consideration. Worker union agendas have also drastically changed over the years and it is of my opinion that greed has evened up a bit between companies and corps. vs the workers. Over time this has resulted in what we see today by forcing companies and corps. to seeking cost cutting measures in order to compete and answer to both their global and domestic investors in this New World Order Global economy while also pushing for global control of all people in every way imaginable. Of course, it's much more complicated however, I hope I have given you all a bit of useful info to consider.

[@Boxcarphilly]

Well said. Workers that are treated well have no reason to form a union. I worked for 30 years at the Honda of Canada Mfg. plant in Alliston, Ontario. We tried for decades to get a union in there because of the way we were treated, could give you so many examples of how this company looked after themselves and threw us a few scraps but at the end too many workers bought what the company was selling and believed them that we did not need a union. I’m retired now.

[@therooster6104]

This is why my son and I did a complete overhaul on our 1954 Farmall Super M MTA , We can work on it and it does everything we need.

[@HeritageFarmsTexas]

You’re right. We are losing manufacturing jobs all across the country. Sad state of affairs. The price of tractors is absolutely crazy and with more farms/ranches going under it’s hard to make it. Prayers go out to those families impacted.

[@pawsnazzy01]

Hank as a retired Union worker this is sad news but seems to be the trend today. Over the last 25 years that I worked at my job we had to go on strike for better wages two times 15 years apart. It was very sad to be told by the ceo that we weren't worth the money that we were being paid. One senior person said at the bargaining table said , "We could be replaced by monkeys". We just wanted a cost of living increase to bring our wages up $1.00 over the course 5 years. Not huge but something. And over that time frame the CEO and Board of directors set new records every year for the bonuses they gave each other at the end of the year, The bonuses were stock and cash. Where does it end? Almost everyone of the people on the board were ceo's of and coo's of other companies, and when you checked their boards most of the same people were on their board of directors. It just doesn't seem fair. america has changed like you said , and it is not for the better for all but just a few.

[@joehovanec1985]

They are the real monkeys.

[@amossnowdaharleyman9179]

Pre pandemic (or at start.forgot) I bought a new 5045E open station and a new 5075E with cab and air with loader. Current 2024 prices are $30,000.00 MORE than what I paid 3? years ago (with the discounts I got). That is insane.

[@davidkettell1073]

You can thank Biden for that.

[@stevemartinez6757]

I see similar stories like this every day. Workers unionize or strike and the business/company either shuts down or lays people off and move the work elsewhere. I don't know if worker demands are too high, or if companies/corporations are just being "too stingy". My feeling is that there was a time when we needed unions, but that time has passed. That's just my opinion. The other thing that kills jobs is all of the regulations. They not only kill jobs, but also make things much more expensive for the average consumer. A very good example is the requirement for DEF and the need for a motor to do a "re-gen" cycle. It not only burns more fuel needlessly, but it also increases the cost for the owner to operate his/her equipment.

[@yayinternets]

I think the thing that we need unions for... just look at how much the cost of goods have went up but few companies are stepping up to pay workers more. If you don't already own a home or have inheritance, you are basically stuck being a renter and poverty from here on out while big companies like JD suck all of the money from the working class to the top.

[@justkeepingitreal7768]

Unions were an absolute great thing when workers were falling off things they were building an dying. The workers banded together and made sure there were safety measures implemented to prevent a lot of deaths and that was a great thing. The problem is the same greed that everyone talks about these corporations having is in all of us. It didn't take long for these workers to start using this same banding together strategy to squeeze more money from these companies and here we are today.

[@georgehughes8698]

More the career government employees in the alphabet agencies than the politicians. Cut the agencies by 80% and the work could still be accomplished at less cost

[@moosetallone2]

Exactly Spot on

[@jackvanbourgondien7349]

John Deere laying off 650 people, but they employ 83,000 people that is a very small amount if you put it into perspective. The other thing they have a union involved so of course their prices are going to be much higher for that reason alone. Does TYM, Kioti or Kubota have unions. Going to Mexico you can avoid a lot of the nonsense that is happening here in the states. Look at California with what going on there.

[@roberto.peterson9917]

that is still a lot of jobs leaving making USA more dependent on other countries whom can use that dependence against us when shit hits the fan Capitalism is great system for incentiving competition

[@jwmustang1]

It’s not stopping at 650. It will continue. I used to work for a major computer company. Tens of thousands were laid off. Parts of the company were sold off or closed up. I seen other companies like Russo Corporation. They laid off thousands until they went out of business. They used to make cloth for clothing. Now all that is made in other countries. We will be a 3rd world country. We have to wake up and vote for better people before it’s too late.

[@ricknaegele2144]

83000?🤔

[@RJ1999x]

​@@ricknaegele2144yeah I don't believe that number at all

[@ricknaegele2144]

@@RJ1999x it used to be. Like 65000 now

[@SLCFarms]

Vote every last one of them out. We need a new start.

[@RobertBrothersJr-dc7nr]

Hank, very very well spoken. I agree with you wholeheartedly. When a company lays off people it really hurts them and their families but it also hurts all of us. I’m sooo glad you did this video. Thanks

[@paulanderson7893]

The shareholder is the customer. The farmer is the revenue source

[@garymurphy9180]

I know how they feel. My spouse and I were caught in the Clinton administration and loss our jobs at 50 years old. Had to start another career. Now that was tough to salvage what we had. We tighten our belts and move on during Bush Administration. Then we thought it was getting better until we lost the rest of our savings late in Obama administration. Tightening harder. It got better during Trump administration. Had to retire at 70. Then Biden. He took the rest. Now at 75. My wife just passed away at 74. Clinton pull this same trick to get re-elected. Biden is pulling the wool over everyone eyes. The KJV bible teaches us to be careful of the sheep dressed in wolf’s clothing. I have to remind my self everyday that God also tell us he want put more on us than we can bare. The USA does need to be concerned about the party they elect. The democrats tare down. It take a Republican now to build back. Thanks, enjoy your videos, have a blessed day. MAGA

[@IGDZILLA]

It got better during trump admin. How? There was a COVID pandemic. Don't bother answering it was a rhetorical question.

[@rodhonco5681]

Well said

[@Rule_303]

The administrative state is like an invasive weed that spreads and chokes the life out of your crops.

[@sir8xf17]

Cars did not always have seatbelts, airbags, or emissions systems. They do now and you can by Hondas, BMWs, etc. made/assembled in the USA. JD is making a profit/greed move and looking for a scapegoat(regulations). This is a company that charges a premium price for it's imported products. It is hard to justify paying more for a product that is not competive on the grounds of performance or quality.

[@goatfarmmb]

agreed but one has to remember this isn't the Same Deere and Company as it was decades ago when they carried not only for their customers but also for there workers. In the 30s when the bank was failing where their employees had there savings Deere saved that Bank. Also when farmers weren't able to pay for their new equipment in the 30s Deere didn't repo them like other companies. But I reckon family members of the Deere family where still in charge

[@wademizelle3433]

You are correct, we as a country are going to regulate ourselves out of business..somehow we as a country have to figure out how to start making “stuff” again. Thanks & God bless you too

[@TomSarelas]

My 57-YO JD needs a part, arrives my door next day. Just sayin'. May God bless every family losing their job in today's America.

[@adamedwards4305]

Nobody is bitching about 70s Deere though... It's about what this company is turning into today. They're the Apple Computer of the tractor world. They are attacking freedom and ownership, using their historical reputation and market share to get away with it. Soon you'll need a subscription service to use the PTO.

[@bradcoddington1679]

Don't blame it all on just corporate. Unions play a very large part of these American companies leaving America. It's started with Nixon going to China for becoming a trading partner and creating a world trade system that American labor is handcuffed because of the cost of labor. The same thing happened with cnh is also moving many jobs out of the USA. Unions need to start getting real with how much money is enough. Unions kill great companies with greed but they want to say that it's the companies that are greedy not them. JD has so many costs of doing business that many of these union people have no clue in what are costs that they continue to have to pay for. There's a reason why corporations need to make large profits to stay in business.

[@tjt1992]

Sad news, I have 2 4r series John Deere tractors, a bit pricey, but their dealership network and parts availability are the best in the industry!. Just my opinion, thanks for the video.

[@bearkatljl]

When I was buying my first tractor I swore I was going to by a JD because it was American, in my research I found that (at least at the time November/December 2010) there was only a single tractor that was actually made in America it was the JD "M" series. I couldn't find an "M" series Deere but I did price it and it was about $10k more than the "E" series deere and Kubota. I ended up going Kubota because that "E" series green tractor was obviously built to be cheaper and it showed. The Kubota I bought was about $2K more than the "E" series. BTW the bigger JDare built in Manheim, Germany.

[@yvonnejohnson1557]

Government's pushing the manufacturers out in the farmers out from Gary

[@johnjacobjinglehimerschmid3555]

Politician's bought and sold by corporate lobbying. Term limits would reduce that ... I'll bet not one politician thinks people being laid off is good. But what is better than that is money in their pocket. Term limits would reduce money involved and thusly they'd probably legislate for the GOOD of USA and its people.

[@kapperoutdoors]

Hey Hank! You don't have to get political for people to know the madness going on in our government and large corporations that are crippling our society! Thanks man.

[@hhamilton1970]

True

[@darrellbeane4052]

When you make a tractor for 15,000.00 and ask 55,000.00, the ceo gets 5,100.00 dollars or more. That is going the wrong way .

[@cobeytriche4808]

I purchased a 5100M cab air 4 wheel drive with front end loader in April of 2014 that tractor cost me $72,000. Today that same exact tractor is $108,000. Same dealership and same salesman. Small farmers and ranchers can't afford these high prices.

[@hhamilton1970]

Wow!

[@scottlambert2949]

I lost my job at Bassett furniture and if they make furniture overseas they don't have to pay taxes and that's what it's all about if companies can pay someone else to assemble heavy equipment for a lot less money then they will do that

[@REVNUMANEWBERN]

NOT shocking, I worked at the Snapper Mower factory from 1972 till Simplicity bought us, then Briggs&Stratton, as soon as B&S bought the company they began stripping everything down, parts that were made UNDER ONE McDonough Ga roof began coming in from SHY NA, then complete assemblies began coming in from SHY NA. The multi layered Chiefs has to keep their big salaries, even repair shops can't get B&S repair parts in a timely manner because of all the off shore parts

[@user-lz9hc4gh5i]

Who is going to do the work? All the Mexicans are here! Lol!

[@LoneWolf-cf5tp]

Just turned down a job at John Deere in Ga. All the DEI hires told me I didn’t need to be there.

[@wkmac2]

Thanks for covering this. Regardless the politics at any given moment, as you pointed out since the 1950's it does seem a growing effort to hollow out the core of what this country is that seems to have greatly accelerated over the last 30 plus years. And we need to remember in that 30 plus years both political parties have had their own moment in the sun to steer the nation and yet here we are. Time to put aside what divides us and get down to talking about what and how we move forward.

[@petep7227]

You’re right, the regulatory and tax burdens our country imposes on businesses is the death of the American manufacturer, when other countries can manufacture cheaper and with less regulation. Which is why developed countries transition from a manufacturing-based economy to a service-based economy. It’s a heartbreaking story for the 650 families but it’s a by-product of the capitalist economy that provides so much opportunity for this country.

[@jackiemontgomery113]

Thank Joe Biden and democrats

[@WilliamSMorris-wv4hz]

Amen!!! Brother!! Preach the truth!!

[@themichaelcreed]

120 employees at its Seeding and Cylinder operations in Moline. 650 workers between locations in central and eastern Iowa. John Deere plans to move production of mid-frame skid steer loaders and compact track loaders from the current plant in Dubuque to Mexico.

[@ralphriddle8864]

Good job and God bless y'all and all people and a hard time 🙏

[@coypatton3160]

I’m old enough to remember the exodus of companies from the US during obama and it being said those jobs were gone forever. However, with a different approach from Trump, some of those jobs came back. Now under obama’s VP jobs are leaving again.

[@labandonaldhock80]

Find one job Trump brought back.

[@JohnWinsemius]

they why do we have the lowest rate of inflation and the lowest unemployment on record ever. I 'm 74 and a retired service man from Vietnam times. Ive seen good times and bad good ol Jimie carter sure screwed things up and Bush 2 give me a break some of the hardest times for th US Congress controls the US they are to Blame for tings look at the circus in congress now/ What a bunch of fools

[@South_man_83]

Carrier Air conditioning maintained jobs in Indiana after making an agreement with Trump. Craftsman built a manufacturing plant in Texas but completely screwed it up due to incompetence and it’s now defunct. That’s not trumps fault. Micron expanded microchip manufacturing significantly under Trump.

[@bobbyhernandez2415]

Conversations are important to our fabric....whether left, right or other.....we should be able to discuss topics like this and others......praying for the ones affected and others going through similar situations..

[@torypuglisi8681]

Hi Hank exactly the same thing happening here in Australia down under, I am a Builder , work for myself and have a 65 acre hobby farm. There is so much red tape now to do before you can strike a blow to get something done , our politicians here are the same , we have a few good ones but the rest are hopeless , we have a great free God Blessed country here as well but it’s getting harder to do business by the day , on a brighter note I just love your channel , love the farm hobby life , love tractors, excavators ,skid steers and all types of machinery keep up the good work. Cheers from Australia

[@bobearl7859]

They're moving compact track loaders and compact skid steers

[@ianmckay1780]

Hank, it's not just in America that the problems Politicians are, and have caused these problems worldwide. Greed is the main problem, they all have their fingers in the pie somewhere! From UK.

[@jodydoakes8754]

I grew up in the Moline, IL area, home of Deere. Working for Deere has been a crap shoot for as long as I can remember. This move should come as no surprise to anyone. One thing for sure, their prices will go up as a result.

[@andrewanderson1436]

About a month ago or so, I just bought a new john deere Z760r 27hp kawasaki 60 cut and the bagger system. I had a kubota kommander pro z421 60cut. The upgrade was the seat, engine ,and bagger system. It was rite after I bought it I started hearing about JD closings. A while ago Michlen tire plant over here in Ardmore OK is closing down and moving out of the US. That's somewhere around 600 to a 1000 Jobs gone. I'm not brand specific but I buy what I feel is good and dealer support is good. I will say my kubota said made in GA and my deere says assembled in US and the quite a few of the parts say made in China. I'm really hoping that I don't have any wild crazy issues or problems with it and it serves me well for the next 8 years or so lol.

[@REVNUMANEWBERN]

I tell folks on a regular basis here in North Florida who go all out & buy these stand alone full house generators that you had better get a COMPLETE PARTS ILLUSTRATION list for EVERY PART on it & find out the MOST failed parts & buy them at the same time because when the MFG lists the needed parts as NO LONGER AVAILABLE then that $1000's of dollar gen will be a paper weight and the SAME with the ever changing SOLAR setups

[@terryknesek6922]

Agreed with everything you said!! Gubment needs to be cleaned out

[@jhofster4057]

I was recently in the market for a tractor and Kubota was 3-4k more than a comparable Deere. They are both waaaaay overpriced but it seems Deere is the first victim of inflation here. I’m sure Kubota is on there way south as well. There is a lot of orange paint sitting at the dealerships here and not moving.

[@John-vd6sk]

I agree that some rules and regulations have played a part in these companies leaving but I believe it taxes that really push these companies elsewhere...Politicians from both sides worry about lining their pockets and not the people they were sent to represent...

[@fredericrike5974]

Hank, the Ag Equipment mfg''s here in America have hung the American farmer out to dry. The "no serviceable parts" and high service fees plus the long waits for dealership service on tractors and equipment just as they are needed for purpose is intolerable when paired with the unholy mal service systems. And JD is not the only one, not at all; several use the same lobbyists to sell this trip to state legislatures and to defend the "proprietary nature" of their products- and made them selves part of the ever increasing and out of control costs in the Ag sector. Americans often forget the first national lobbyists were employed by Andrew Jackson and his neighbors in the 1820s.

[@markrickert7741]

I don't live far from the John Deere plant in Waterloo IA and it's very sad that they are laying off 240 people from there

[@vancochran7344]

When I went to buy my first 25 HP tractor a few years back I looked at buying a JD Tractor. I found out it was not made in the US. It was from Brazil. I got a 2501 Kubota and kept it for 3 years and traded it in on a 3901. The REGEN stuff is ridiculous but there is nothing to be done about it. I own a 1946 Massey Harris 101 Jr. too.

[@danwilkening888]

I will be purchasing a sub 40 hp in the next few months, JD isnt even an option due to price. Mine will be a red one. TYM or Kioti.

[@richardbritton5280]

Well Said ty

[@randybyrd8755]

What tutner me off about John Deere is they're not liking the user to work on the product and having to wait for their repare guy to come. That's why I went ahead and got a TYM 1104 that I pack up Next Monday. Gerre can allow The owner to work on the tractor but they're not willingly to die that. I remember when Ford was making tractor's they would be Happy to sell parts so you could keep it in use.

[@danslawncare8594]

I just read mid frame skid steers and compact track loaders

[@wyatt12358]

YOU CAN THANK UAW FOR A LOT OF THE PROBLEMS

[@michaellea6435]

Well said my friend!!

[@robertbeck1080]

Never was a fan of the deer i live in tampa florida im close to kabota ,deer, massey,koioti i have a massey which i feel is just as good as any of them they are almost made just like all the rest of them a lot of people dont like massey however it does what i need it to do anyway its are goverment today its sad but true and its not just deer its stores closing higher taxes send it somewhere else cheaper labor to make but charge higher prises sooner or later everythng will be battery powered its half way there now i have been mechanic for 30 years great video

[@noelcahill6707]

Alot of deeres come out of germany

[@HollisHurst]

30 years ago we moved to a rural location and needed a tractor.. i was adamant that we were buying JD... then i found out yanmar made the size range i was looking at of Jd.. so i went to other mfg companies. memory fails me, but some were made in europe. korea. no one made a tractor in the u.s.a so we went for value and bought a fellows tractor and group of implements. i really liked the brand i bought. and have continued with that brand (japanese) over the years.

[@amossnowdaharleyman9179]

All of the union contracts that were expensive are having the same result: manufacturers will move to cheaper countries. Sad but true.$20.00 minimum wage in California is a great example: those having to pay are simply closing and avoiding it.

[@stanleyguard5593]

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[@briansnyder9012]

The STEEL mills too

[@REVNUMANEWBERN]

Like we saw with the Snapper McDonough Ga. take over you John Deere owners, dealers had better expect a HUGH shake up in your parts availability & delivery, because these moves create HUGE LAYERED CHAOS within the organization

[@srg6532]

Great way for lobbyists from a big company to demand more regulations in the US and that same company have all their operations in a less expensive country.

[@wcooman1694]

My BIL was buyer/spec guy for local town DOT. He was researching new excavator. His choice came down to Hyundai & JD. An American-built (assembled?) foreign-owned or a foreign-built, american-owned. Which is "more American"? He went with Hyundai. Huge price difference.

[@brakemansmith9688]

Hank, next time you talk to the TYM folks in Rome ask them what happened to the $19 million, 142,000 sqft expansion of there facility in Rome. The project was announced two years ago but last I went by a couple of month ago nothing has been done.

[@hhamilton1970]

I'll ask. I remember that announcement!

[@vs74ralph]

Amen Hank.

[@JMRRebuilders]

Nothing Runs Like A Deere and SMELLS LIKE A JOHN. OH YEAH. Love me some green and yella

[@belarus_black_smoke4753]

The largest hydraulik excavator wars developed and build in Dortmund Germany. Cat bougth the factory and relocated it to Thailand 😢 The factory wars profitable but Not enough i guess

[@gordont29]

This is all about cost cutting, and not just labor. Now they can bring in assemblies say a loader frame from China made with cheap steel and assemble the loader in Mexico and not get pounded by the tariffs as bad.

[@user-fe1hw3ke7m]

i love the way you are talking about john deera and you have a tym behind you all the time

[@tcmits3699]

"l FEEL YOUR PAIN" haha, kinda rubbing salt in the old wound with that tractor in the background. 🥴

[@kenbutton2559]

Are there any Mexicans left in Mexico 🤔

[@larrysims6358]

Exactly rite Hank!

[@noelcahill6707]

This happens every where are the world

[@kencan4772]

Thank the unions!

[@user-bs1kn5dy3y]

One problem is the dealers are overstocked with late model used large farm equipment. why am I going to pay $300,000 for a 3 year old sprayer with a 90 day warranty when I can spend $150,000 more for a new one with a new warranty. They don't give incentives to buy used equipment. The payment on a used sprayer is more or the same as a new one, just a shorter time. That;s what I'm seeing as a farmer.

[@heaveymelt]

Up in ontario canada they shut the john deere plant down around 08 and lots of other union places closed up as well less and less good jobs more temp and other min wage jobs pop up but you cant live on it

[@tunintunin3417]

JD, Agco, NH, all shait.

[@RandyCessna-dh1us]

One of our candidates recently said...."We may abolish the income tax and replace it with tariffs on EVERYTHING coming in.On the outside that sounds great.But we shall see.

[@markpashia7067]

The layoffs are not about regulations. It is greed. Look at the history of how much workers got of the pie and how much went to executives and shareholders. Workers have lost at every turn since the Reagan era. Shareholders use to be only part of the considerations for corporations but now it is all about the stock market getting more and more of the pie with executives making thousands of times more than the workers. It use to be in the 1960s that they made maybe fifty times as much.

[@brianbarclay4316]

You are not correct about the manufacturing of 60hp and less tractors being made overseas. Their compact tractors are made in the state of Georgia. I do agree that our government is making it harder and harder to do business in this country! I own John Deere tractors and they are priced high however they do have some good engineering and their parts distribution is second to none.

[@lukedawg357SIG]

Greedy company CEO'S Tupperware in South Carolina also moving to Mexico 148 to loose job by January I know when I worked for a machine company back in 2009 we made a whirlpool dryer drum line that went to mexico they really sold the American people out God Bless America!

[@Frontpagefab]

John Deere is relying on their name, same as Ford. You are right that JD has priced themselves out of the market, but that is just the half of it. Look at the capacities of the tractors. In the compact and subcompact world, the other brands are offering more for less. I have always been a green man, but have owned a Kioti, and a New Holland, and both tractors were better then their equivalent Deere tractor.

[@440gohorse]

Should put a fifty percent tariff on everything from JD coming from Mexico.

[@bobdible8608]

50 horsepower? What kind of garden tractor do you want JD to produce at a loss? All the money is in large hp units today.

[@richardbrookins5406]

The only thing John Deere had going for it was that it was made in the USA. That was how they justified their outrageous pricing. Now they will just be another cheap import tractor that won't be worth a crap.

[@dalepete2854]

Sad to hear this about John Deere I can’t afford them this is going to hurt way more people than just Deere workers

[@justkeepingitreal7768]

I won't voice my in depth opinion on this subject but I will share my observations. It seems that every company that was faced with striking workforce over the last couple years has decided to move manufacturing to Mexico or just simply get rid of some of the workers. John Deere is doing it, Mack/Volvo trucks is doing it, Ford has mentioned it as well. It's almost as if they don't want to have to worry about a strike that halts everything so they are going somewhere else in hopes to solve that problem. UPS had a massive world wide layoff not long after they renegotiated their contract with their workers. These companies are tired of paying unskilled labor skilled prices it seems and their solution is to move elsewhere. Who is right and who is wrong? You decide. And on the topic of politics, no politician EVER has had my best interest in mind in anything they've done!

[@johnniebellamy5912]

Have A Friend Who Works For John Deere Coffeyville Works In Engineering

[@terryelson5396]

The auto industry laid off thousands of employees after the strike sent them jobs to Mexico. UPS also laid off serval after there strike.

[@user-pg8vx2em7e]

I hate to hear this and yeah it's bad for those family's and yeah there losing a very good paying job I had union job for 28 Year's I was U.A.W local 2069 I been laid off even been on strike before thank God it wasn't for long but yeah the ones who will pay the price for this is the American family's I will keep them in my prayers and you have a great day stay safe ❤

[@jamesharrod8733]

hate to say this country is going down the tubes fast , something has to change

[@danbelden7354]

Only John Deere smaller engines are made by Yanmar. With everybody wanting to buy cheap Chinese and Korean tractors to save a bunch of money and American workers wanting more money to build American products. As long as we keep raising fuel costs and minimum wage costs of American products will continue to go up.

[@whiz3528]

Glad we didn't buy a John Deere. The cost of doing business in America is causing the off shoring of business. The cost of government is the main problem. Government must be reduced 50% if the American consumers are to survive.

[@Dale-qn5tb]

They are moving Ottumwa tractor cab manufacturing to Mexico.