OTTUMWA, Iowa (KCRG) – John Deere announced plans to suspend production at its Ottumwa plant for a month due to declining demand for its products.

John Deere Ottumwa Works manufactures hay and forage equipment.

The factory was closed for three weeks earlier this year, with production resuming from September to November.

However, Deere says the factory is planning another of what it calls a “temporary inventory adjustment shutdown” from early December to early January, due to lower demand for AG equipment.

The closures come after numerous rounds of layoffs of the company’s workforce at plants across eastern Iowa, including in the Quad Cities, earlier this year.

Deere has shifted some of its manufacturing from its various facilities to Mexico.

In a statement to TV9, Deere said each of its factories balances its work schedule with the anticipated demand for the products it produces.

Des Moines Register Reports factory employees should receive wages close to their normal wages while the factory is idle.

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