New equipment, special tractors offered by Case IH

BOONE, Iowa — Farmers have a new option to create clean, consistent and precise strips with the Nutri-Tiller 1000 series 16-row folding mounted toolbar.

“We have a lot of solutions for growers who are looking to get into strip-till or who are already doing strip-till,” said Dave Brennan, Case IH crop production marketing manager.

“The Nutri-Tiller is Case IH listening to customers,” said Kurt Coffey, Case IH vice president of North America. “This is agronomic design coming to life to solve problems facing customers.”

“The row unit is the heart and soul of the Nutri-Tiller 1000 series,” said Brennan from the Case IH display area at the Farm Progress Show. “We can do a number of different things based on soil types, soil conditions and the challenges customers are trying to overcome in their operation.”

Farmers are focused on long-term soil health and cost efficiency, the marketing manager said.

“Growers are looking for ways to minimize input costs, like fertilizer,” Brennan said.

“There are a number of different application methods and points to place nutrients in the strip where the plant is going to spend its growing life,” he said. “We are able to place a nutrient at a depth where the plant can utilize it quicker whether it is dry, liquid or anhydrous ammonia.”

To create a clean strip, the sharp blades on the residue manager are very aggressive.

“We want them to move the residue out of the way,” Brennan said. “That is controlled from the cab, so when I come to different levels of residue throughout the field, I can increase or decrease this from the cab.”

The 22-inch coulter slices the soil to create some pre-fracture.

“That sets the depth for the entire row unit,” Brennan said. “The shank will remove some compaction, so the plants can develop root structures very quickly with little stress.”

Strip keepers are designed to contain the soil coming off the coulter and keep it in the strip.

“We don’t want the soil going out of the strip because that can create a hole,” Brennan said. “If I get big spring rains, then I would have a pond where I want to plant my crop.”

The conditioning basket is concave.

“That leaves the berm in place and produces soil aggregate size that is consistent and small because we don’t want big clods out there,” Brennan said.

“With this 1000 series row unit we are helping farmers with earlier entrance in the spring because we have consistent soil temperatures, faster warmup and we’re leaving untouched soil in between the strips and residue on the surface,” he said.

WD6 Series Windrower

“The WD6 series windrower is the next iteration in our hay harvesting lineup,” said Ryan Kau, Case IH hay and forage customer segment lead.

“Our customers have short windows in the hay season to get the crop out of the field, and in some cases, they are covering more acres,” he said. “The features on this machine allow them to do that.”

The windrower has just over a 19-foot cutting swath.

“That is the biggest in the industry right now,” Kau said.

Power to run the new windrower is important.

“This machine has 285 engine horsepower, and with that horsepower comes additional speed,” Kau said. “The on-road speed is 30 mph, and in field it is 20 mph.”

Fuel tank capacity is 150 gallons.

“That is a 25% increase over what we had in the past, which allows an operator to stay in a field for 10-plus hours,” Kau said. “So, when it is time to cut, you have the machine to do it.”

“Another industry first is our Relative Yield Mapping; there is no other swather out there that has this type of technology,” he said. “It takes a combination of your ground speed and the crop pressure coming through to provide yield data.”

Producers can view this data through Case IH FieldOps to make the necessary operational changes.

“Ultimately they can look at year over year to see what changes are impacting a field in a positive way,” Kau said.

“With our active header floatation feature, you can set your header pressure, and it actively adds oil as needed to keep the header pressure consistent, which gives producers a cleaner cut through the field,” the customer segment lead said.

“It will minimize scalping or reduce it all together, which will lead to a better second and third cutting,” he said. “And give you a more consistent crop coming through the field.”

Special Editions

Two one-of-a-kind Magnum tractors were on display at the show.

“The Heartland tractor is a tribute to the 250th anniversary of America,” said Jay Barth, Case IH high-horsepower tractor marketing manager. “It is honoring not only the country, but the farmers that have kept agriculture alive over the last 250 years.”

The Providence tractor is focused on the future.

“Even though it has a lot of stars, it does not have any stripes because the future is boundless,” Barth said.

Both of these tractors are currently being auctioned online by Aumann Auctions, and the bidding will close at 6 p.m. on Nov. 5.

“The highest bidder will walk away with the tractor, and the net proceeds will go to the National FFA,” Barth said. “The National FFA is a partnership we have been involved with for years.”

The Magnum tractors are production units that were built in Racine, Wisconsin.

“They could go through a field tomorrow,” Barth said.

The custom paint job was completed by a company in Racine.

“We wanted the tractors to show permeance, so they are clear-coated and at the level of any show car,” Barth said. “The main client of that company is Harley Davidson motorcycles.”

“There will only be one tractor of each paint theme,” he said. “There is a plaque on the tractors that says it is a unique, one-of-one tractor.”