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Home Introduction Early Deere&Co. 1980s Farm Crises 1980s Struggle U.A.W. Implements Joe Gruman Gary Handke Recession Survival Late 1980s Conclusion Notes

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1Wayne G. Broehl, Jr., John Deere’s Company: A History of Deere & Company and Its Times (New York: Doubleday & Company Inc., 1984), 2.

2Broehl, 407.

3Winston Williams, "A Slump in Farm Implements" (New York: The New York Times Company, 6 July 1984) [database on-line], Lexis-Nexis.

4Jerry Flint, "Root hog! Or die," Forbes, 4 November 1985, 176.

5Flint, 170.

6"Deere Announces 480 Layoffs in Waterloo" (Waterloo: U.P.I., 3 October 1985) [database on-line], Lexis-Nexis.

7Ibid.

8Howard Witt, "May Aid Deere Bloated Inventory Likely to Dwindle During Strike-Lockout" (Chicago: Chicago Tribune Company, 26 August 1986) [database on-line], Lexis-Nexis.

9Matt O’Connor, "Deere Finds Farm-Equipment Slump a Tough Row to Hoe" (Chicago: Chicago Tribune Company, 5 August 1985) [database on-line], Lexis-Nexis.

10Joe Gruman, interviewed by author, Lamont, IA, 4 December 1998.

11Gary Handke, interviewed by author, Strawberry Point, IA, 26 November 1998.

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