I see a lot more New Holland combines down in SW Iowa when I go back than I ever have before. I used to help a farmer years ago and had to drive to the Nebraska line or Maryville, MO for AGCO stuff a lot.
John Deere strike imminent?
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No they are not, Planters and combines are where it is at with Deere IMO. Having said that I have no Deere equipment. My GG did, my grandfather didn't, my dad did and I don't. I had problems with a new Deere planter and had run in with implement dealer when trying to plant. They eventually brought me and old 12 row finally to get done but that was last straw. Luckily my neighbors helped me out while doing their own planting between rain that year. I moved to Kinze planter and Till and have been real happy. I have NH tractors and combine.
I wish the company and employees well and years to come may have green again but not in foreseeable future.
Deere is higher priced on used tractors that we buy. Hard to say by how much, maybe 10%? Mostly Deere but a little bit of everything on our farm.
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Im not sure why the people in Waterloo are so butt hurt, other than the fact that they live in Waterloo... There were a lot of grumpy ass old timers in Des Moines when I started, but almost all have retired, not sure if that is the case there or not there? Get what you can get, but I am sure the scales will be balanced somehow and someone else will have to pay/lose out on what they are gaining.
The equipment is only as good as your dealer. Deere, Case and Fendt are all about the same for features and reliability. Most people would be surprised at how many component suppliers they all share. For instance there are really only two seat suppliers for off road equipment. Tractors used one supplier and harvesters used the other one.
Yes of course you can look it up some where. My point was that it is a low risk area and not something the IRS spends much time on.
Waterloo will be a chipper place to work it appears.
Waterloo voted against it last time too so it’ll be back to business as usual around here I’m guessing.
Waterloo has always voted no and based on what I did for the past couple weeks here they should reevaluate their unhappiness
Is it because they are in Waterloo?
I was doing a job that I got 30 minutes to do 10 minutes of work.
This is a left-wing perspective but the easiest to find, clear summary I found of the outcome.
What UAW members gained with five-week strike
The contract ratified on November 17 improves greatly on John Deere's first offer to United Auto Workers members.
www.bleedingheartland.com
The third-to-last bullet is interesting. I think you see more and more that companies and labor negotiate to push off a worse deal on future employees (who do not get a seat at the table when the deal is being struck). For example in the NFL the NFLPA got more concessions when they agreed to the rookie contract scale that dramatically lowered rookie salaries, knowing that no future rookies were current NFLPA members anyway. It looks like Deere tried that approach - ending pensions for future hires, which wouldn't affect current union members - but here the workers pushed back and beat it.
Haven't really dug into the nuts and bolts but with the health care benefits being unchanged is that a win for the workers or for Deere?This is a left-wing perspective but the easiest to find, clear summary I found of the outcome.
What UAW members gained with five-week strike
The contract ratified on November 17 improves greatly on John Deere's first offer to United Auto Workers members.www.bleedingheartland.com
The third-to-last bullet is interesting. I think you see more and more that companies and labor negotiate to push off a worse deal on future employees (who do not get a seat at the table when the deal is being struck). For example in the NFL the NFLPA got more concessions when they agreed to the rookie contract scale that dramatically lowered rookie salaries, knowing that no future rookies were current NFLPA members anyway. It looks like Deere tried that approach - ending pensions for future hires, which wouldn't affect current union members - but here the workers pushed back and beat it.
No premiums, coinsurance or deductibles with tiny co-pays.
Yeah, that's a win and they have zero idea the monetary value.
It will be interesting to watch to see if and how much this affects Deere's earnings. Does their profit drop substantially due to higher labor costs? If it does will the street really care or will it just become a new baseline?
