New Holland is celebrating the 20th anniversary of its CX flagship combine range. Since its launch, it has constantly raised the bar on capacity, flexibility and harvest quality, and has pushed the boundaries of innovation, collecting 33 prestigious awards during its long career. More than 20,000 units sold across the world testify to its success.
The CX combine flagship range was born of the strong legacy of New Holland’s harvesting excellence, including groundbreaking features such as the brand’s rotary separator introduced in 1972, the integrated armrest since 1993 and the biggest threshing drum in the industry, with a 750mm diameter, launched in 2001.
The 20-year history of the CX is punctuated by the industry’s most prestigious accolades, including the Machine of the Year title at the Agritechnica and SIMA Innovation Awards. It was the first to be designed for precision farming, and in the past 10 years alone, its productivity has increased by 17 per cent and its excellent crop-to-crop versatility have been further improved.
The CX range never stopped innovating, and in 2020 it launched on the market the Ultra-Flow staggered drum – the first new drum concept in the industry since the launch of self-propelled combines in 1952. This unique threshing drum design, which uses 16 per cent less total threshing power, reducing fuel consumption and increasing the combine’s capacity by up to 15 per cent, was awarded the Silver Medal at the Agritechnica Innovation Awards 2019.
The CX is a true technology leader, with advanced solutions such as the Nutrisense nutrient analysis technology that helps farmers make informed decisions to market their crops more profitably – adding a Silver Medal from the SIMA Innovation Awards 2021 to its crowded award cabinet.
New Holland says the CX combine remains at the top of its game, offering customers the industry-leading Opti-Speed auto-adaptive variable speed strawwalkers, SmartTrax, Opti-Fan, Opti-Clean and Opti-Spread technologies, the best-in-class comfort of its Harvest Suite Ultra Cab, the power and fuel efficiency of the HI-eSCR EcoBlue 2.0 FPT engine. The benefits include outstanding capacity, superior harvest quality, lower operating costs and absolute driving pleasure.
The CX is now available with the brand-new FD2 Flex Draper, the first offering from New Holland’s partnership with MacDon Industries that features a unique float response, more header flex and ultimate cutting capacity to deliver a superior harvesting experience. Designed with the objective to make harvest easier, the FD2 Flex Draper takes the stress off operators by integrating easy set-up and operation.
The FD2 Flex Draper header has the MacDon Active Float System that ensures the float response navigates over ground fluctuations with up to 70 per cent more flex. The MacDon ClearCut High-Speed Cutting System provides customers the torque and durability to power through the most challenging cutting conditions. The MacDon Active Crop Flow featured as part of the FD2 Flex Draper provides head-first delivery of crops along the side drapers toward the FeedMax Crop Feeding System to ensure efficient feeding and improved threshing performance.
New Holland’s partnership with MacDon Industries, announced in 2021, began thanks to a shared interest in creating harvesting equipment to help farmers increase in-field performance and decrease running costs. This is the first step in the partnership, and the two brands will continue to work together to develop best-in-class harvesting products.
