Case IH Is Simplifying Connectivity on Farms

May 29, 2024

Connecting Older Machinery for Better Farm Management

Have an older piece of equipment but want precision capabilities? Case IH has a solution.

Ben Carlisle, precision marketing manager at Case IH, recently talked with Farms.com about the company's efforts to streamline connectivity and integrate older machines into the digital age.

A key component of these efforts is the retrofit Pro 1200 Guidance kit, which is designed to provide a uniform experience across various machines on a farm, regardless of their age.

Case IH is offering entry-level telematics programs alongside a comprehensive telematics suite this year. These programs are crafted to ensure even non-Case IH equipment can be added to a farm's AFS Connect account.

This initiative enables connectivity seamlessly with AFS Connect on Steiger or Magnum machines from 2010 onwards, 40 Series combines or newer, and model year 2017 sprayers (or newer),

This system allows farmers to transmit essential agronomic and machine data, facilitating better decision-making and efficiency in daily operations.

This integration capability allows you to manage your entire operation through mobile access, enhancing your ability to make informed decisions on the go.

The introduction of these technologies is part of Case IH’s broader strategy to provide connectivity solutions that cater to all farm sizes and types, ensuring that even older models of equipment can be part of a digitized and data-driven farming environment.

Carlisle expressed excitement about the potential to connect an entire fleet, regardless of the equipment's model year or brand.

Watch the below video to learn more about connectivity offerings from Case IH.

Video: Seeing the Whole Season: How Continuous Crop Modeling Is Changing Breeding

Plant breeding has long been shaped by snapshots. A walk through a plot. A single set of notes. A yield check at the end of the season. But crops do not grow in moments. They change every day.

In this conversation, Gary Nijak of AerialPLOT explains how continuous crop modeling is changing the way breeders see, measure, and select plants by capturing growth, stress, and recovery across the entire season, not just at isolated points in time.

Nijak breaks down why point-in-time observations can miss critical performance signals, how repeated, season-long data collection removes the human bottleneck in breeding, and what becomes possible when every plot is treated as a living data set. He also explores how continuous modeling allows breeding programs to move beyond vague descriptors and toward measurable, repeatable insights that connect directly to on-farm outcomes.

This conversation explores:

• What continuous crop modeling is and how it works

• Why traditional field observations fall short over a full growing season

• How scale and repeated measurement change breeding decisions

• What “digital twins” of plots mean for selection and performance

• Why data, not hardware, is driving the next shift in breeding innovation As data-driven breeding moves from research into real-world programs, this discussion offers a clear look at how seeing the whole season is reshaping value for breeders, seed companies, and farmers, and why this may be only the beginning.