Another 300 employees have been downgraded to lower-level roles, Online Cigarettes Store USA Thompson added.
Deere has not publicly disclosed the extension of the temporary layoffs or the relegation of workers. The company declined to comment for this story, citing a quiet period before quarterly earnings on Nov. 27.
All the layoffs and job shuffles, which Thompson says have affected about 41% of the plant's roughly 1,100 Newport Cigarettes Shop workforce, show how the trade war is hitting the operations of some manufacturers like Deere, regarded as a bellwether for U.S. agriculture and manufacturing.
Last week, Deere told 12 workers at a facility that makes planting equipment just 15 minutes' drive from Harvester Works that they would be laid off indefinitely from early January, the plant's labor union head Heather Keag told Reuters.
President Donald Trump's trade war, coupled with poor weather in the U.S. farm belt, has dented the company's earnings and forced it to cut production, as well as trim full-year profit and sales forecasts.
Retail sales of Deere's combines in North America have been falling since May, according to the company Newport box 100s cigarettes which reports figures on a three-month rolling basis. Its rivals are also battling lower sales.