One of the most show-stopping things on display this week at the National Farm Machinery Show is the Heartland Magnum tractor at the Case IH booth. This one-of-a-kind Magnum was built in Racine, Wisconsin, and honors the 250th anniversary of America’s founding with a stars-and-strips paint scheme.
”It’s a tribute to Americana, to the hardworking men and women who use these machines, as well as to the hardworking men and women that build these machines and engineer them,” Matt Booms, a tractor product specialist with Case IH, told AGDAILY.
Like all Case IH tractors, the Heartland Magnum came off the assembly line in red, but a local artist was commissioned to bring patriotism to the paint. The skillfully done design feels like a natural part of the machine, and the red, white, and blue colors are augmented with strategically integrated contour lines, which depict the land contours of Racine.
But the lines also have a deeper meaning.
”The contour lines edge toward what our customers and our growers look at when they’re managing any data weight, whether it’s topography, yield, soil maps, or fertility,” Booms said.
He noted the machine has other subtle design elements, like the red rimming around the wheels, which relates to the red on the wheels from the brand’s autonomous concept tractor a decade ago.
Throughout the years, Case IH has done some special-edition paints or other limited-run machines, and there seems to be no better time to usher in this design than on an anniversary like what the U.S. is celebrating now in 2026. The Heartland Magnum will be on display at shows around the country throughout the calendar year.
