The auto-steering company announced the future closing of its facilities in Fremont, California and Brisbane, Australia, along with related reductions in workforce, as the company continues its consolidation strategy into the existing corporate headquarters in Scottsdale, Ariz.

While navigating this year’s Farm Progress Show in Boone, Iowa, news broke that the U.S. Department of Justice is seeking to block John Deere’s acquisition of Precision Planting from the Monsanto., the parent company of Climate Corp.