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NEW CASE IH EARLY RISER 5 SERIES PLANTERS DELIVER
PHOTOCOPY PLANTS AND HIGHER YIELD POTENTIAL
RACINE, Wis. (August 26, 2013)
Case IH officially launched the new Early Riser® 5 series planters, designed to
help farmers maximize their yield potential and consistently produce in varying
conditions with an expanding range of genetics and seed treatments.
“Every farmer knows how critical it is to plant within the optimum window to
achieve maximum yields,” says Bill Hoeg, Case IH Planter Marketing Manager in North
America. “Our new Early Riser 5 series planters are engineered based upon Case IH
Agronomic DesignSM principles and use multiple patented features to provide accurate
and consistent seed placement, moving farmers beyond picket fence stands to
photocopy plants so that they can realize higher yields.
“We’ve updated the Early Riser design, including the bulk fill system, meter
drives and seed monitoring, to help farmers make the most of modern genetics and
seed treatments and get more done,” he adds.
Farmers will get the earlier, more uniform stands they have come to expect from
Case IH Early Riser planters, but new features on the 5 series lineup will result in
improved seed handling capabilities while delivering more uptime, reliability and
agronomic benefit than ever before.
For example, the all-new AccuStat advanced seed sensing system allows
farmers to monitor and map detailed seed spacing information live on the AFS Pro 700
display. This high-performance seed sensor provides greater accuracy while allowing
continuous monitoring and immediate adjustments to maintain seed placement
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consistency on a per row basis. With the unique Advanced Seed Meter, singulation
adjustment system, you can make individual row adjustments to optimize spacing
without making planter wide changes in speed, vacuum or pressure, or down-pressure
that might slow down your productivity in terms of acres covered per hour.
The AccuStat system monitors seed singulation, skips and multiples. It also
provides the spacing coefficient of variation (CV) that gives farmers the ability to
compare the quality of spacing between different rows, speeds and populations.
AccuStat accurately monitors most seed crops.
Increased Productivity
Redesigned bulk fill delivery enhancements for models 1245, 1255 and 1265
make filling easier and allow producers to make fewer stops. The enhancements create
a best-in-class inductor design with improved sealing, filling and hose systems.
“This new bulk fill system provides reliable seed delivery from the tank to the mini
hopper, no matter the seed population or seed coating, so you can take advantage of
the yield benefits associated with these practices,” Hoeg says. “Thousands of seed
coatings, seed sizes and seed type combinations were tested. Hundreds of hours were
spent running seed combinations through the bulk fill system to verify unmatched seed
delivery.”
The bulk fill system can deliver challenging seed sizes, such as sunflowers and
sweet corn, adding productivity for customers who might have purchased on-row
hoppers for these crops. Filling bulk fill tanks to capacity is easily accomplished without
pushing seed, which means less fatigue, quicker filling and more productivity.
The new AccuDrive seed meter cable drive systems have been built for efficient,
no maintenance and trouble-free service, adding even more reliability to the Advanced
Seed Meter.
The new Early Riser 5 series planters move quickly and easily from field to field,
offering intuitive operation with fewer, simpler adjustments and allowing farmers the
flexibility needed to speed up planting while maintaining seed placement accuracy when
bad weather is on the horizon.
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Unmatched Uniformity
The 5 series planters continue to feature the legendary Early Riser row unit that
has 12 unique features that all contribute to earlier, more uniform emergence. Research
data demonstrates the Early Riser row unit produces a 6 to 10 percent better Net
Effective Stand or Photocopy plant stand over conventional row units. This is based on
Case IH-collected data of more than 162,000 plant measurements taken on more than
20 sites in six states over four growing seasons.
“Early Riser planters help growers go beyond picket fence stands to deliver
photocopy – or uniform emergence, same leaf stage plants,” Hoeg explains. “While
picket fence stands are needed, photocopy plants are the key to impacting and growing
the biggest yields.”
Case IH is a global leader in agricultural equipment, committed to collaborating with its customers
to develop the most powerful, productive, reliable equipment – designed to meet today’s agricultural
challenges. Challenges like feeding an expanding global population on less land, meeting ever-changing
government regulations and managing input costs. With headquarters in the United States, Case IH has a
network of dealers and distributors that operates in over 160 countries. Case IH provides agricultural
equipment systems, flexible financial service offerings and parts and service support for professional
farmers and commercial operators through a dedicated network of professional dealers and distributors.
Productivity enhancing products include tractors; combines and harvesters; hay and forage equipment;
tillage tools; planting and seeding systems; sprayers and applicators; site-specific farming tools and utility
vehicles. Case IH is a brand of CNH (NYSE: CNH), a majority-owned subsidiary of Fiat
Industrial S.p.A. (FI.MI).
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PHOTO CAPTION: Case IH Early Riser planters are designed based on extensive
customer input and Case IH Agronomic Design principles and to deliver photocopy
plants. The all-new AccuStat seed sensors now available on all Early Riser 5 series
planters allow farmers to monitor and map seed spacing information live on the AFS Pro
700 display.
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PHOTO CAPTION: The new bulk fill system on Case IH Early Riser planters provides
reliable seed delivery from the tank to the mini hopper, no matter the seed population or
seed coating, so farmers can take advantage of the yield benefits associated with these
updated practices.