Deere’s CP770 cotton picker, which can harvest fields of cotton at about 5 mph, beat out 68 other nominations and had the most of the 93,000 votes cast in this year’s Coolest Thing Made in Iowa ...

There’s a lot going on when it comes to maintaining the heads on a cotton picker. The picking unit has dozens of spinning parts working at high speeds, and they all depend on tight tolerances to keep ...

Rosharan, Texas — Hi, y’all! We have been able to pick cotton for a few days now. The weather has been OK. We are dealing with late starts and quitting earlier. There is too much moisture in the ...

Bishop, Texas — Hi y’all! Have y’all been waiting for our fall 2024 harvest? I have! I prefer the fall over the summer because summer temperatures in the 110+degree range are not much fun to be in. My ...

One of the John Deere’s most expensive machines – the CP690 self-propelled cotton picker with Precision Cotton Harvesting Technology - was first unveiled at Agritechnica. The Ankeny, Iowa-manufactured ...

John Deere's CP770 Cotton Picker, manufactured in Ankeny, Iowa, won the 2025 Coolest Thing Made in Iowa contest. The contest, sponsored by the Iowa Association of Business and Industry and MidwestOne ...

What is the coolest thing that's made in Iowa? Well, according to thousands of votes over several weeks, it turns out it's the CP770 cotton picker manufactured by John Deere in Ankeny. The Iowa ...