"If the cotton picker ever comes, it will behoove us to do some serious thinking about the human consequences of these machines. I heard a man familiar with the South say recently that the ...

While Iowa isn’t known for cotton crops, pickers have been assembled at John Deere’s Ankeny facility since the 1950s The Gazette Jun. 15, 2025 5:00 am, Updated: Jun. 17, 2025 8:14 am ...