Oklahoma Farm Reports Maci Carter caught up with CASE IH Oklahoma Harvesting Product Marketing Manager Ryan Lepp about what the “Year of the Combine” means for the company and producers.
“It really comes down to having eight combines in our product lineup,” Lepp explained. “We have a 6160 and our 7160 combines for smaller scale farms. Then we jump up to the 7260, 8260, and 9260 combines for mid-size to large-scale operations. Then, our AF series, including our AF9, AF10, and AF11 combines, were built from the ground up for large-scale farmers.”
The AF series is new this year for Case IH and is hinged on capacity, throughput, and acres per hour – essentially efficiency. They are larger combines that include many of the features from the 260 series such as the CVT drives, which allow the reversal of the rotor from the cam. From the feeder house to the spreaders, there is an additional 3.5 feet of rotor width when compared to the 9260. As for the spreaders, they can distribute materials up to 61 feet adding even more efficiency to the operation.
“One great feature that we have is the Harvest Command,” Lepp detailed. “It allows the combines to automatically make changes to adjust for changes it detects in the field. It has been around since 2019 and is included in all eight of our models.
“We also have two displays in the cab on our 260 and AF series combines. We have a twelve-inch display that is easier to see and captures a lot of our data as we are harvesting a field. Whether yield rates or our guidance lines, it is all being recorded in our combines.”
For corn and soybean growers, all units can include a subscription-free Row Guidance feature. AccuSync® is another subscription-free feature that allows the sharing of data between combines. FieldOps is a program that allows a farmer to remotely view a display in one of his combines, to see where it is, what the yield is, and more.
“There is a tremendous amount of technology that goes into these combines,” Lepp commented. “It’s about data management and how we can manage that data the best and easiest way.”
The technology being subscription-free means that it will be available to the producer for the life of the hardware with no additional effort or expense.
