 By the end of the summer, the company is slashing around 280 workers from a plant in East Moline, Illinois. Another 230 employees being let go at a factory in Davenport, Iowa. About 100 production employees at the company's Dubuque, Iowa plant will also be impacted. All layoffs are said to be effective August 30th. Now, the layoffs are being made due to reduced demand for John Deere's products from those factories. The company says it generated $10.166 billion.