World's first module-building cotton harvester rolls!
14 Jul '07
3 min read
The world's first commercially available module-building cotton harvester rolled off the line this morning - witnessed by Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty and employees at the Case IH manufacturing plant in Benson, Minn.
The machine is the Case IH Module Express 625, which allows growers to save capital, fuel and labor by combining cotton harvesting and module building in a single operation. The Benson plant is ramping up production to fill orders for the Module Express in time for this fall's harvest.
The new machine continues a Case IH tradition of cutting-edge cotton technology. In 1943 the company introduced the first commercially successful mechanical cotton picker, the H-10-H. The original machine, known as "Old Red," has been donated to the Smithsonian Institution and named a landmark of agricultural engineering by the American Society of Agricultural Engineers.
Industry benefits: Like its predecessor "Old Red" the Case IH Module Express has the potential to transform the cotton industry, because it's designed to fit the needs of ginners as well as growers, says Trent Haggard, Case IH marketing manager for cotton harvesting.
"In the development process, we listened to input from the industry. Our engineers made sure that the Module Express fit with existing cotton production practices, with no additional handling, logistics or costs," Haggard says.
"That's especially important when you consider that many of today's cotton growers are also gin shareholders."
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