What is the coolest thing that's made in Iowa? Well, according to thousands of votes over several weeks, it turns out it's the CP770 cotton picker manufactured by John Deere in Ankeny. The Iowa ...

And then there were four — a pastry, a pump, a picker and a grill — from an initial field of 68 products vying for the title of Coolest Thing Made in Iowa. Voting on a field of eight finalists, Iowans ...

Iowans have picked a winner and it is a picker. The crown of Coolest Thing Made in Iowa 2025 goes to a product from one of the oldest, most iconic manufacturers in the state's history: the CP770 ...

The Ankeny, Iowa-manufactured John Deere CP770 Cotton Picker beat out 68 other products representing manufacturers from 51 Iowa communities in the 2025 Coolest Thing Made in Iowa Competition run by ...