CNH and MacDon join forces for combine headers

CNH's agricultural arm has partnered up with harvesting specialist, MacDon Industries Ltd, to offer a new range of co-branded draper headers that will be offered under both Case IH and New Holland brands.

However, the headers will not be ready for the market until at least 2023.

Case IH ANZ General Manager, Pete McCann, said the new partnership was aimed at delivering an industry-leading harvesting package for producers.

“Case IH and MacDon have always strived to bring greater efficiencies and productivity to the agriculture industry and we’re looking forward to what this new arrangement can offer our customers,” he said.

“The collaboration is an exciting new chapter in Case IH’s Hay and Harvest product offering, and we believe it gives farmers a high-efficiency draper header-combine solution that will make harvesting easier, and more profitable for local farming businesses.”

New Holland Australia’s Product Segment Manager – Broadacre, Marc Smith, said both New Holland and MacDon are leaders within their respective areas of the harvesting process, and the partnership will offer immediate improvements to its customers.

“Using New Holland’s technical harvest expertise and customer needs insights as well as MacDon’s ability to craft best-in-class headers with increased flex and speed, we can significantly increase our customers’ on-farm performance and efficiency, and decrease their operational costs,” he said.

“This partnership creates a best-case scenario for both brands and our dealers, and most importantly, takes the harvesting experience and performance for our customers to a new level.”

Based in Manitoba, Canada, MacDon has manufactured high-performance harvesting equipment for more than 70 years. Like CNH, MacDon works directly with producers to make equipment that helps them efficiently harvest their crops.

“As the agriculture industry worldwide is called on to continue increasing its outputs in the coming decades, innovation is the key to helping achieve this, and seeking out new partnerships like this one with MacDon will ensure the bar continues to be raised for the benefit of farmers, and consumers both here and across the globe,” McCann said.

The new drapers will be available for order worldwide next year, with Australian and New Zealand customers able to order through their local dealers in late 2022, with delivery in time for the following year’s harvest.

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