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Kinze Manufacturing announces layoffs as Iowa ag industry downturn continues
Another round of layoffs is hitting Iowa’s faltering agricultural industry sector as Kinze Manufacturing of Williamsburg announced it would idle 193 employees, effective Thursday.
“We deeply regret the necessity of this action. This decision was not made lightly and it is a direct response to current ag market realities,” Kinze President Susanne Veatch said in a prepared statement.
“No other reductions are planned at this time,” Veatch added.
The Williamsburg-based manufacturer, founded 59 years ago, produces planters and grain carts worldwide and is notable for its “yard art” along Interstate 80 west of Iowa City, including a progressively smaller stack of nine of its grain wagons topped by a 1/16th-scale cart replica.
Posted on Iowa’s Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification, or WARN, site, the Kinze layoffs are the latest manifestation of a sluggish farm economy that has seen John Deere pare more than 2,000 jobs since the first of the year in Iowa and Illinois.
More: With thousands of Iowa jobs already cut, how deep will the farm downturn go?
In statements, Deere has projected large farm equipment sales this year would fall 20% to 25% below a year ago, a result of lower commodity prices, higher interest rates and market volatility.
Des Moines’ Bridgestone-Firestone tractor tire plant and other ag equipment makers also have had layoffs.
Kinze employs 815 workers at its Williamsburg headquarters and manufacturing facilities, which span more than 30 acres under one roof, according to the company’s website.
Kevin Baskins covers jobs and the economy for the Des Moines Register. Reach him at kbaskins@registermedia.com.
IOWA CITY, Iowa (KCRG) — Volunteers broke ground Saturday for Iowa Valley Habitat for Humanity’s 16th Woman Build, honoring a retired University of Iowa nursing professor.
Liz Swanson, a retired nursing professor, was chosen as this year’s honoree for her decades of impact. The Women Build program focuses on including women in every step of home construction.
While the home is built in Swanson’s honor, it will go to a fellow nurse and mother of three. The family applied through the affordable housing program.
Swanson said she’s proud to be part of a project that directly connects to her nursing legacy.
“It’s very special to have the unique opportunity to help the nurse who is working nights,” Swanson said.
Swanson said stable housing gives families the security to plan for the future.
“It means security for families. We talked briefly to the children and they said, ‘we’re gonna have our own bedroom,’” Swanson said.
Volunteers are set to begin work on the home in August. Those interested in volunteering can find more information here.
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