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Deere reports 9% sales decline for Q3, $600M FY2025 tariff costs

In its third quarter earnings call, Deere & Co. reported a 9% decline in net sales to $12.018 billion for the quarter. Interest rates were a challenge, according to company officials, and tariff costs increased …
By Gigi Wood | Aug 18, 2025
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BioConnect Iowa CEO announces retirement

Steve Brody, president and CEO of BioConnect Iowa, announced Friday he will retire. He will remain involved during the transition period until a successor is appointed. BioConnect Iowa is the state’s public-private partnership for economic …
By Business Record Staff | Aug 18, 2025
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IEDA supports $65M Mount Pleasant manufacturing expansion, new Keosauqua sports amenities

The Iowa Economic Development Authority Board approved awards for a manufacturing expansion in Mount Pleasant and a quality of life project in Keosauqua. At its meeting Friday, the IEDA board also awarded a grant for …
By Business Record Staff | Aug 18, 2025
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JBS plans to buy new equipment, redesign Ankeny plant

JBS USA will purchase new equipment for a production facility it plans to buy in Ankeny and redesign and expand some areas of the plant, a company spokesman told the Business Record.

“The facility previously …
By Kathy A. Bolten | Aug 18, 2025
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Elwell Company buys former Zora property, insisting “we will not be a bar”

The former Zora building at 2120 Ingersoll Ave. has been purchased by the Denny Elwell Company. Its president and CEO said the company will entertain a restaurant or professional office space as part of its…
By Michael Crumb | Aug 18, 2025
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BREAKING: Sale of former Wells Fargo downtown properties finalized

800 Walnut St., also known as the Skyview Building, is among the properties an Iowa-based holding company has purchased from Wells Fargo. Pictured below are interior photos of the Skyview Building, which the holding company…
By Michael Crumb | Aug 15, 2025
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Polk County Health Department urges mosquito bite prevention

The Polk County Health Department is urging residents to protect themselves from mosquito bites as Iowa experiences high levels of West Nile virus activity in the pesky insects. Statewide mosquito surveillance by Iowa State University …
By Business Record Staff | Aug 15, 2025
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STEM Day returns to the state fair

The Iowa Governor’s STEM Advisory Council at the Iowa Department of Education will hold its annual STEM Day at the Iowa State Fair on Sunday. Attendees will have the chance to experience dozens of hands-on …
By Business Record Staff | Aug 15, 2025
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Iowa selected for $40 million BioMADE biomanufacturing facility

BioMADE, a Department of Defense Manufacturing Innovation Institute, has selected Iowa to establish a bioindustrial manufacturing scale-up facility at Iowa State University’s (ISU) BioCentury Research Farm in Boone.

The 15,000-square-foot facility will include 5,000-liter and …
By Gigi Wood | Aug 15, 2025
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Central Iowa water authority lifts lawn watering restrictions

Central Iowa property owners can water their lawns with no restrictions, Central Iowa Water Works announced today.

The group’s Technical Committee voted unanimously to resume normal irrigation and lawn watering practices for the first time …
By Business Record Staff | Aug 15, 2025