During the 2019 National Farm Machinery Show Case IH unveiled the new AFS Connect Magnum Series Tractors. Working with me here at NFMS is Laura Handke who took photos, recorded the unveiling presentation and interviewed Bill Webber, North America Marketing Manager for High Hp Tractors, Case IH Brand. Case IH is unveiling new AFS Connect Magnum series tractors, giving producers … Read More
Farm Progress Show News Briefs
As always, there was lots of new equipment announcements at the 2018 Farm Progress Show. Here are some of them: AGCO CorporationFendt IDEAL Combine Takes Center Stage at 2018 Farm Progress ShowMassey Ferguson Debuts the 1700M Series Compact Tractor at Farm Progress Show 2018Massey Ferguson Introduces the RB Series Silage Baler at Farm Progress Show 2018 Case IHCase IH Adds … Read More
Case IH Improves Steiger and Magnum Series Tractors
Case IH announces updates to both its Steiger® Series and Magnum Series tractor lines for 2019. The Steiger® Quadtrac® and Rowtrac tractor lineup includes new features that reinforce the series’ already proven performance. Several drive system advancements, including a new high-speed Rowtrac design, join a factory-fit enhanced telematics offering that increases management capability and flexibility. In addition, all Model Year … Read More
Walker Retires from Case IH
Case IH Vice President in North America Jim Walker has retired from the company after more than 11 years, and Scott Harris, current vice president of CASE Construction, will transition to Case IH and lead the brand as vice president for the North American region. The company made the announcement Monday. “Jim’s leadership has made a significant impact on the … Read More
New from Case IH
Case IH made a number of new product announcements for 2018 this week. For starters, they launched the next generation of Maxxum series tractors that “combine efficient power, versatility, comfort and convenience to handle the day-to-day demands of beef, dairy and row crop operations.” The 2018 line up includes Maxxum ActiveDrive 4, Maxxum ActiveDrive 8, and Maxxum CVXDrive tractor configurations … Read More
Case IH Highlights Drones, AccuTurn at #NFMS17
A new partnership between Case IH and DroneDeploy is bringing customers the complete package in UAV technology, say Ryan Blasiak of Case IH and Brandon O’Sullivan from DroneDeploy at the National Farm Machinery Show. “Case IH and DroneDeploy are going to market together with the complete UAV solution of both hardware and software to provide data management for growers and … Read More
Case IH Steiger 620 Sets New Records
The Case IH Steiger 620 has been proven the most fluid-efficient and highest drawbar horsepower tractor in the world by recent tests at the University of Nebraska Tractor Test Laboratory (NTTL). The 620 set new records in drawbar fuel efficiency, drawbar horsepower and maximum pull. “It’s one thing to generate a lot of horsepower,” said Mitch Kaiser, Case IH Steiger tractor … Read More
ZimmCast Interviews CNH Industrial Precision Solutions
This week Chuck Zimmerman got to talk precision ag with the new Industry Relations Manager, Precision Solutions and Telematics for CNH Industrial, Dan Danford. Dan already has travel scheduled for the new job that will take him to South America and Europe as well as around the USA. In his role with CNH Industrial Dan will be getting involved with organizations … Read More
SIMA Honors Concept Autonomous Tractors
The autonomous tractor concepts revealed this year from CNH Industrial brands Case IH and New Holland Agriculture are receiving Silver Innovation medals from the SIMA Organization which hosts the bi-annual international farm machinery exhibition to be held February 2017 in Paris, France. These awards recognize new developments which “demonstrate design and innovative features that have the potential to offer significant … Read More
CNH Industrial Brands Win World Class Titles
Two of CNH Industrial‘s agriculture brands won titles at the EIMA 2016 exhibition in Bologna, Italy. Case IH won the top honor of Tractor of the Year for 2017 with their Optum 200 CVX model. New Holland claimed Best Utility for the T5.120 tractor. EIMA is a biennial event that hosts some 1,900 companies from 40 countries exhibiting more than 50,000 … Read More