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The John Deere CP770 cotton picker, manufactured in Ankeny, has emerged as winner of the 2025 Coolest Thing Made in Iowa ...

The Iowa Association of Business and Industry (ABI) has named John Deere’s CP770 cotton picker as 2025’s Coolest Thing Made in Iowa. The award, first presented last year, honors innovative products ...

The contest started with 69 products, representing manufacturers from 51 Iowa communities. After the first round of voting, the John Deere cotton picker earned the No. 1 seed in the Top 16.

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Deere’s CP770 cotton picker, which can harvest fields of cotton at about 5 mph, beat out 68 other nominations and had the most of the 93,000 votes cast in this year’s contest.

John Deere's CP770 Cotton Picker, manufactured in Ankeny, Iowa, won the 2025 Coolest Thing Made in Iowa contest. The contest, sponsored by the Iowa Association of Business and Industry and ...

Out of the 69 entrants in the Coolest Thing Made in Iowa contest this year, the makers of The Moose Fireplace Grill managed to secure a top-four finish, losing out to winner John Deere for its CP770 ...

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The CP770 Picker and CS770 Stripper are the two most efficient cotton harvesting machines in John Deere history, according to Christopher Murray, Deere product marketing manager.

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