HEBRON, Ind. – A new John Deere parts distribution center near Hebron in northwest Indiana will create about 150 jobs, the company said.

Deere said it recently broke ground on the facility, described by the company as a state-of-the-art distribution center. The facility will distribute parts, a John Deere spokesperson said.

An exact opening date for the distribution center hasn’t been announced, but “it is safe to say (it will be) in the next year,” the spokesperson told Farm World.

John Deere will invest $125 million to construct and equip a 1.2 million-square-foot warehouse and distribution center on 234 acres in Lake County, according to a Jan. 27 press release from the office of Indiana Gov. Mike Braun. The site is just off I-65.

The company purchased the property for $7 million in 2024, according to media reports.

“This new facility is an investment in customer expectations around world-class product support through parts availability for our U.S.-based ag, turf, construction, forestry, mining and turf customers,” Denver Caldwell, vice president, aftermarket and customer support at John Deere, said in the release. “Indiana’s strong workforce and central location make it an ideal choice for expansion.”

Deere said it will continue to maintain its primary North American Parts Distribution Center in Milan, Ill., which has been in operation since 1973 and has about 1,200 workers.

The Indiana project will offer wages above the county average, the release noted.

“Our state’s location as the Crossroads of America makes it the ideal destination for companies of all sizes to serve customers across the U.S. and around the world,” Braun said in the release. “John Deere’s expansion to Indiana is a testament to our business-first environment, our robust manufacturing sector and our strong pipeline of skilled talent.”

The Indiana Economic Development Corporation has committed an investment in John Deere of up to $2.5 million in the form of incentive-based tax credits, based on the company’s job creation plans, the release noted. The incentives are performance-based, meaning Deere is eligible to claim state benefits once investments are made and workers are hired, according to the release. 

Deere, based in Moline, Ill., also announced it would construct a $70 million excavator factory in Kernersville, N.C. The company has said it plans to invest $20 billion in U.S. manufacturing over the next 10 years.

On Jan. 28, Deere said it was bringing back 99 workers at its eastern Iowa construction and forestry facilities starting in mid-February.

Seventy-five employees will be returning to Davenport Works, the company said. Those workers will support production and utility-class assembly; articulated dump truck assembly; and fabrication, machining, weld, paint and material handling.

At Dubuque Works, 24 returning employees will support production-class dozer assembly and fabrication, assembly and material handling, Deere said.