ADVANCED FARMING SYSTEMS
The Early Riser planter comes with your choice of an AFS® Pro 600 touch screen display or a basic Early Riser IV monitor. Whether you want advanced technology for prescription farming or a planter with just the essentials, the Early Riser® planter fits the bill.
Maximize your planting precision with the Case IH AFS Pro 600 color monitor.
AFS Pro 600
With the AFS Pro 600 touch screen display you can:
  • Track ground speed, acreage covered, seed population, seed spacing and vacuum levels, and adjust seed population rates instantly
  • GPS or manual control sectional shut off
  • Control Raven or Rawson 3rd Party Controllers
  • Optional AFS Accu-Row Control provides GPS-based row unit shutoff capabilities to automatically disengage two rows at a time when overlapping areas of the field that have already been planted
  • Control seed and fertilizer sections, frame and marker functions
  • Track seed hopper levels and row blockages
  • Integrate planting information with your Case IH harvesting equipment and tractor performance information
    • AFS desktop software allows you to store, view and manage precision farming data- and use it to create customized, variable-rate planting prescriptions
Early Riser IV Monitor
Early Riser IV monitor is an economic alternative:
  • Monitors ground speed, acreage covered, seed population, spacing, and area per hour productivity (not available on Early Riser 1240 and 1250 24-row planters)
  • Includes a row failure alarm
  • Available on Ground Driven planters only
Put Case IH AFS Accuguide autoguidance to work with your 1200 Series Early Riser planter.
AFS AccuGuide Autoguidance
Use Case IH AFS AccuGuide™ autoguidance with your Steiger®, Magnum™ or Puma™ tractor and your Early Riser planter to:
  • Maximize planting effectiveness in the field:
    • Reduce gaps and overlaps
    • Control traffic patterns to reduce compaction
    • Eliminate the guesswork of row-to-row spacing
    • Decrease stress and fatigue
  • You choose the level of accuracy you demand
Case IH AFS Accu-Row control is available as an option on Early Riser 1260 planters.
AFS AccuRow Control
Get the AFS Accu-Row control option on your 2009 Early Riser planter for GPS-based row unit shutoff capabilities
  • Automatically disengage as few as two rows at a time when over lapping areas of the field that have already been planted
  • Save seed and fuel- especially on point rows and irregular fields
  • Controlled from a single monitor- the AFS Pro 600- so your cab stays clean
 
Available on the following 2009 Early Riser 1200 Series planters equipped with an AFS Pro 600 display:
  • 1230 Mounted Stackebar - 12-row and 16- row models
  • 1240 Pivot Transport - 20" and 30" configurations
  • 1250 Front-Fold - all models
  • 1260 Font- Fold - all models