Deere & Co flies from Des Moines to Moline after a week of earnings and tariffs

Deere & Co flew its Gulfstream G280, tail N282JD, from Des Moines International Airport to Quad City International Airport in Moline on June 23, 2026, a 30-minute hop across Iowa and Illinois. The flight arrived at 2:18 a.m. local time.

The trip lands the same week Deere & Co reported second-quarter net income of $1.773 billion, per a May 21 earnings release covered by [prnewswire.com](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/deere-reports-second-quarter-net-income-of-1-773-billion-302778847.html). The company also recorded a $272 million recovery from IEEPA tariff refund claims, which lifted margins by 2.5 points, according to CFO Brent Norwood on an earnings call transcribed by [fool.com](https://www.fool.com/earnings/call-transcripts/2026/05/21/deere-de-q2-2026-earnings-call-transcript/). Construction and forestry sales jumped 29%, driven by data center and infrastructure spending, as reported by [quadcitiesbusiness.com](https://quadcitiesbusiness.com/deere-reports-1-773b-net-income-for-2q/).

The brief Des Moines swing fits a recurring pattern: Deere & Co shuttles executives between its Moline HQ and key facilities in Iowa and Wisconsin. The jet previously flew from Chicago O'Hare to Des Moines on June 11, and from Moline to Saskatoon on June 16 for a product launch event in Brazil that drew 3,000 customers. For now, the corporate fleet returns home to Quad City International the day the quarterly numbers go public.