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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Bishop, Texas — Hi y’all! We began our harvest in mid-May, harvesting wheat. We ended our harvest on Dec. 1, picking cotton. This is a normal harvest run for us. However, not all of our seasons work ...

DES MOINES, Iowa — Following months of public voting, the Coolest Thing Made in Iowa contest announced its 2025 winner on Wednesday. The John Deere CP770 Cotton Picker was announced as the second ...

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 ...