china already. including as it relates to john deere. what are you hearing? >> reporter: yeah, we're here in dubuque just outside of a plant where there's 2,500 workers here at this john deere operation that builds the likes of tractors and combines and dubuque, kristen, is an intersection of where you have manufacturing but also got ag. we were out with a couple farmers yesterday. the concern for john deere is the fact that farmers aren't buying major pieces of equipment. you're talking about combines that cost $600,000. tractors that the cost several hundred thousand dollars. the farmers we talked to, they told us they're not buying right now because they don't have enough cash flow. because of the china trade war that is taking place. they're not able to sell their beans and as a result, it's places like john deere where just this morning, their ceo, upon announcing their earnings, put out a statement saying in part, "ongoing concerns about export market access, near-term demand for commodities such as soybeans and delayed planting
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