It was created in 1985 when Tenneco bought selected assets of the agricultural division from International Harvester and merged it into its J.I.

Today Case IH is owned by CNH Industrial, an American-Italian corporation.

Case IH has won many AE50 awards from the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers, ASABE, for their products.

[1] Some of Case IH's most famous equipment models include Axial-Flow combines, Magnum tractors, Steiger and Farmall.

In 1999, Case IH merged with New Holland Ag to form a new parent company, CNH Global.

In 2005, a STX500 Steiger Quadtrac tractor broke the World Plowing Record, turning 792 acres (3.21 km2) of farmland in just 24 hours.

At present, CNH Global continues to manufacture the tractors branded Case IH.