Case IH unveiled more than a dozen new tractors, planters, sprayers, balers, windrowers and other equipment this week with an eye toward offering customers additional horsepower, efficiency and technology benefits.
Case IH officially launched the new Early Riser 5 series planters, designed to help farmers maximize their yield potential and consistently produce in varying conditions with an expanding range of genetics and seed treatments.
Case IH has announced new draper headers and corn headers that are results of a recent $60 million investment in manufacturing improvements, research and development. In addition to the new products, the venture has produced the new Combine Header Center of Excellence in Burlington, Iowa.
With the introduction of 26 new compact and utility tractors and 11 hay and forage tools over the last three years, Case IH has demonstrated its focus on meeting livestock and hay producers' unique equipment needs. To complete the updated lineup, Case IH is introducing the first windrower with factory-installed autoguidance, redesigned draper headers, disc mower conditioners designed to speed up dry down, and a durable round baler designed to minimize losses.
Editor's Note: We admit we weren't aware of Jim Walker's abilities on the baseball diamond. Here is a link to the newly-released "Executive Profile" (and accompanying video) from The Business Journal as well as an-indepth interview of Walker by Farm Equipment editors a few years ago.
Thanks to a membership value program partnership between Case IH, the American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) and American Farm Bureau, Inc. (AFBI), Farm Bureau members can now take advantage of farm equipment discounts.
James E. Walker, vice president of Case IH NAFTA for CNH in Racine, has been elected to the board of directors for the Association of Equipment Manufacturers.
Less than a month after Spencer's Case-IH dealership was sold, the community's only other implement dealer, Northwest Equipment, has been sold to a South Dakota family.
Ambitious plans by Case IH managers in Europe to increase sales by 50% over the next three years are being supported in developing markets by one of North America's largest retail dealer groups.
In addition to helping dealers throughout his 40-year career, Jim Irwin, retired Case IH vice president of North American Ag Business, had company-store experience during his days at International Harvester in the early 1960s.
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