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Case presented its solutions and its strategy on the path towards an increasingly technological, efficient and sustainable agriculture.
Agribusiness is one of the areas that has experienced the greatest technological development in recent years. Activities and decisions in the field are increasingly based on data management and digitization of processes for more efficient production. For this reason, this week Case IH, a CNH Industrial brand, unveiled its four fundamental pillars for today’s agriculture: connectivity, artificial intelligence, autonomy and electrification.
“The first two have to do with the solutions we offer today for the Argentine countryside. And the others, with a medium and long-term vision, refer to where the brand is seeing the evolution of agriculture going,” Rodrigo explained. Lanciotti, Case Marketing Manager for Argentina.
connectivity
The Case dealer network has an investment of more than 20 million dollars for the renewal and updating of the entire chain throughout the country. 50% already have active AFS Connect Center rooms and the rest are under construction. “The monitoring centers allowed 65% of customer situations to be resolved remotely, with 265 fewer hours of machine stoppages in the field,” said the manager. “These new connection points contribute to monitoring the equipment of our users, improving after-sales service and providing relevant information for producers’ decision making”, he added.
Faced with so many technological advances in the field in recent years, Case believes that the mission is to prepare farmers and the labor market for these changes. For this reason, she launched the AFS Connect Academy, an online platform for courses and training in Digital Agriculture, where users can interact and take distance classes for training as agricultural machine mechanics, enabling new professionals and jobs.
Artificial intelligence
To optimize and improve the operator’s work in the field in real time, Case has the Axial-Flow 7250 Automation combine, a pioneer in artificial intelligence and machine learning. “It is equipped with the AFS Harvest Command system, an intelligent system that regulates itself through 16 sensors scattered throughout the machine, and performs up to 1,800 interventions each working day,” Lanciotti explained.
It has four harvest modes: balanced performance, grain quality, maximum and fixed yield. They provide up to 15% more productivity and a reduction in fuel consumption. It also allows obtaining better grain quality, greater comfort and agility, greater operational capacity, greater performance and more robustness and greater power with less consumption.
“The machine regulates itself automatically, the operator only does three operations now: open the discharge tube, unload and pay attention to driving”, Lanciotti highlighted.
Autonomy
Case IH presented the Assisted Harvest Autonomy Solution, this tool, integrated with Raven Autonomy, synchronizes two machines for the combine operator to coordinate the speed and trajectory of a driverless tractor during a moving unloading operation.
“The operator can plan and execute precise and automated tasks with predictable results controlled from any point. And as a consequence, greater productivity, operational capacity and a deeper analysis of the data are obtained”, explained the manager of the company.
“Focusing on automation and autonomy is not getting farmers out of farming, it is making their machines more productive with functional automation,” he remarked.
Electrification
The firm is creating solutions that help achieve better performance of the task for which its equipment was designed and greater efficiency in its operation.
An example is the Farmall 75C Electric, where everything is found in a single tractor: hybrid concept, connectivity, autonomous features, artificial intelligence and alternative fuel. It is equipped with an electric motor and stands out for its front loader, the first generation battery, the braking system, the transmission, the front axle and the front support.
“The tractor offers a noise reduction of up to 90%, higher torque, greater efficiency, better control, 360° visibility and task automation,” Lanciotti said. This product “marks the starting point of electrification in the development of new products for our portfolio,” he said.
