A cotton-picking machine manufactured at John Deere’s Ankeny facility has claimed the title of Coolest Thing Made in Iowa in 2025. Deere’s CP770 cotton picker, which can harvest fields of cotton at ...

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 ...

You’re probably wearing something cotton-y right now. Cotton is fairly annoying to harvest. Mechanization was a quantum leap for the cotton industry, moving it away from archaic methods used since the ...

JOHN Deere is excited about its new range of cotton harvesters, saying its CP770 cotton picker and CS770 cotton stripper, both designed for the unique conditions in the Australian cotton industry, ...

John Deere also increased the size of the new round module builders on the picker and stripper, making it possible to harvest more acres per hour.” Its third-generation round module harvester, the ...

In the latest in our series on unusual and exotic harvesting equipment, Nick Wigdahl looks at how cotton is harvested and baled in one operation. Cotton requires plenty of rainfall or irrigation ...

JOHN Deere is set to update the on-board round module building capabilities of its CP690 - previously known as the 7760 – cotton picker with increased power, performance and uptime.

Iowans have picked a winner and it is a picker. The crown of Coolest Thing Made in Iowa 2025 goes to a product from one of the oldest, most iconic manufacturers in the state's history: the CP770 ...