Case IH introduces planting, harvesting equipment to farmers

DECATUR, Ill. — The Case IH 2120 is the newest member of the Early Riser family of planters.

“This is the first rigid trailing configuration with the high tech feature set as a factory fit,” said David Brennan, Case IH planter marketing manager.

The 2120 has three configurations — six-row, 30-inch spacing; eight-row, 30-inch spacing; and 11-row, 15-inch spacing.

“The 11-row planter is unique in how it goes into transport and field position,” said Brennan at the Case IH lot during the Farm Progress Show. “The wheel-out-front design picks the planter up and the wheels transfer under the toolbar to raise it high so you have access to the row units.”

The Early Riser 2120 has a variety of in-cab adjustments.

“It has an automated hydraulic downforce system and you can control the residue manager from the cab,” the marketing manager said.

Brennan expects mixed-revenue farmers will be interested in the new planter.

“Farmers that are feeding cattle or hogs in the morning, then go out and plant the crop that will feed the livestock and come back and do more chores,” he said. “Productivity is critical to them because they have a lot of tasks to do.”

The 2120 planter has a three-bushel on-row hopper.

“They can get long run times in between seed fills,” Brennan said.

“The six- and eight-row planters have the best in class of liquid carrying capacity of 500 gallons,” he said.

“For the 11-row planter, the tanks are on the tractor, but you still have the same high-tech variable rate control feature for the liquid distribution system.”

The six-row planter has 4,500 pounds of carrying capacity for dry fertilizer and the eight-row planter can carry 6,000 pounds of dry fertilizer.

“The 2120 has a foldable hitch as standard equipment so it will take up less space in the machine shed,” Brennan said. “We are taking orders for these planters now so farmers can go to the field with them in the spring of 2024.”

The Axial Flow 160 Series combine was also on display at the Case IH lot at the show. Farmers can choose from two models — the 6160 and the 7160.

“Harvest Command started with our 250 Series and now we’ve brought it to the 160 Series,” said Leo Bose, Case IH director of harvest marketing.

“It’s not just Harvest Command, the new combines have feeder fore-aft adjustments,” Bose said.

“Before this combine, farmers had to select a high or low speed feeder drive,” he said. “Now we have a variable speed feeder, so if they speed up the feeder house speeds up and as they slow down it will slow down so it takes all the guesswork out of the manual adjustment you had to do in the past.”

Harvest Command has 15 sensors throughout the machine that looks at inputs such as yield or moisture loss and automatically makes adjustments.

“Before the operator made adjustments manually throughout the day,” Bose said.

“Those sensors adjust seven functions on the combine,” he said. “It will speed up or slow down the ground speed of the combine so we have the same feed rate as we’re going through the field.”

The rotor speed can be increased or decreased and the speed of the cleaning fan to blow air through the sieves can also be sped up or slowed down.

“If we have a thick crop mat that comes across and the air cannot blow up through the top, Harvest Command says I need to speed up my cleaning fan or maybe open the sieve,” Bose said.

Farmers can select from four modes of operation with Harvest Command.

“The grain quality mode is selected for the best grain quality,” Bose said. “If there is a rain coming, I would select maximum throughput because I know I’m going to be down for the next four days.”

Most operators tend to set their machines at performance mode, Bose said.

“You get the best of both worlds — grain quality and maximum throughput,” the director of marketing said.

“Standard throughput is for someone who only has enough trucks to harvest 4,000 bushels per hour,” he said.

The Axial Flow 160 Series combines are available to purchase for the 2024 harvest season.

“Producers are craving technology and we really listen to customers,” Bose said. “Harvest Command and a grain tank with up to 350 bushels are bringing productivity and efficiency to the mid-size producer.”