In June, John Deere set the record straight on its U.S. manufacturing status.
“Let’s clear the air. John Deere is not shutting down U.S. manufacturing. In fact, it’s quite the opposite,” the company said in a notice on its website.
The notice goes on to highlight Deere’s recent commitment to invest $20 billion into American manufacturing over the next 10 years.
This response from Deere came after an MSN article titled “John Deere Freezes US Manufacturing in Unprecedented Shutdown" surfaced.
“One of America’s great farm equipment suppliers, John Deere, is making a radical move that some may think is “un-American,” Kieran Schalkwyk wrote in the piece.
As of December, trying to access Schalkwyk’s article brings up an error page.