DE Deere and Co

Deere & Co. idled production at its Dubuque, Iowa, plant after a worker there tested positive for the new coronavirus.

The plant, which makes construction equipment for Deere, is being disinfected during the outage.

Deere said a hygiene assessment of the plant is being conducted to improve safeguards and procedures to block the transmission of the virus.

Deere said it expects to call back the plant's 1,000 production workers on a staggered schedule over the next week or two.

Deere has maintained production during the coronavirus outbreak as an essential manufacturer of machinery for farm crops and livestock.

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April 01, 2020 13:08 ET (17:08 GMT)

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