Press Room 

Featuring the agriculture industry’s most powerful application of telematics technology available, Case IH AFS Connect™ is now available through Case IH dealerships. Beginning this spring, dealers will begin retrofitting AFS Connect Manager™ and AFS Connect Executive™ packages on fleets of both Case IH and competitive equipment as part of its commercial introduction of Case IH telematics technology.

Four Case IH products have been selected to receive the prestigious 2012 AE50 awards. Sponsored by the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE), the AE50 awards annually recognize the most innovative new agriculture equipment worldwide. This year’s Case IH award recipients include the independent grain tank cross auger control in Case IH Axial-Flow® 30 Series combines, the MagnaCut Fine Cut Chopper for Axial-Flow combines, the Robo-Sharpener and the Steiger® 600 tractor.

Value and options are two words that best describe the new Case IH Farmall® 100A Series tractors. The new line joins the Farmall A, B and C utility tractors as an ultra-value option in the Case IH utility tractor lineup. Available in four models, these tractors offer from 90 to 115 PTO horsepower.

As part of its Field of Deals sales event, Case IH is sponsoring a sweepstakes where one lucky grand prize winner will receive a 2012 Ram truck, plus free fuel for one year. Case IH customers and prospects are encouraged to visit their local Case IH dealer and enter for a chance to win.

Racine is home to the Case IH Magnum™ tractor and they’re usually made of iron, but the Magnum that will welcome visitors to this weekend’s The Big Chill event is made of snow. Case IH is sponsoring this free event, held in Monument Square, which will name Wisconsin’s 2012 snow sculpting champion.

The Case IH tractor plant in Racine, Wis., home to the Magnum™ Series tractor, recently received a certification of registration to the ISO 50001 for Energy Management System, joining a handful of companies worldwide to receive such a rare honor.

Case IH is proud to announce that the new Case IH Patriot 4430 sprayer has been selected as the 2011 CropLife® IRON Product of the Year. The award was recently announced at the Agricultural Retailers Association Conference and Exposition in Boca Raton, Fla.

Case IH, long recognized as a high horsepower leader in the field, will be putting some of that horsepower on display at the pulling track as the National Tractor Pullers Association’s (NTPA) official farm equipment brand.

Case IH announces that Elisa Sagehorn, a senior at Colorado State University (CSU) majoring in ag education, is the winner of the Case IH #BeReady Twitter Contest that was held in conjunction with the recent National FFA Convention. Sagehorn's winning tweet was: "I will #BeReady through bringing ag education to elementary schools."

Case IH will expand its Advanced Farming Systems (AFS) precision farming offering by introducing a new GPS receiver and new variable-rate controller and telematics systems and AFS software. Earlier this week at Agritechnica in Hanover, Germany, Case IH unveiled an expanded AFS software package, AccuControl rate controller technology, the AFS 372 receiver and AFS Connect telematics.