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The John Deere Harvester Works factory produces its number 500,000 self-propelled combine harvester
18/06/2010
June 18, 2010
Production of the factory John Deere Harvester Works in East Moline, Illinois (USA), recently produced the self-propelled combine harvester No. 500,000, a model 9870 STS. The factory started to produce mowers agavilladoras in 1910 and began the construction of the John Deere Harvester Works factory in 1912. Initially, the unit was manufactured agavilladoras mowers, rakes, threshers and mowers for maize, which were pulled by horses. In 1927, John Deere introduced the first combine harvester, combining the mowing and beats it in a single operation. Twenty years later, John Deere built the first self-propelled combine harvester.
"" In the first 20 years, the capacity of the John Deere self-propelled harvesters harvest doubled and this returned to occur between 1980 and 2000,"said Katie Dierker, Manager of the Marketing Division at John Deere Harvester Works."In the past 10 years, we have seen that the productivity almost doubled again. "This means that farmers get to do more in less time, and that they are better positioned to meet the growing needs of food in the world."
9870 STS Harvester produced by the factory of Harvester Works with 514 HP of power and head of corn in 12 rows.
John Deere Harvester Works exports to more than 35 countries and currently manufactures four models in the series 70, plus a complete range of platforms from court. There are approximately 2,400 employees in the factory, which includes the Centre for development of products John Deere in Silvis, Illinois.
