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 ...

John Deere is hoping to shake up the cotton harvesting technology of the future and part of the plan will include working with local high school students this month. The company's Thibodaux facility ...

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 ...