Ag Equipment Maker, Citing Tariffs, to Shift Work Out of U.S.

A manufacturer of agricultural equipment is citing tariffs in its decisions about its operations in the U.S.But rather than expanding its U.S. production, it will instead shift some work overseas. Most Read on IEN: CLAAS, a German maker of tractors, harvesters and other farm machinery, operates a factory in Omaha, Nebraska, where it builds its Lexion combine. Rather than remain in the U.S., however, those combines are primarily sold in Canada — which means that the steel and aluminum used to make them in N ...