Case IH is opting for higher horses in its Optum line of mid-horsepower farm tractors, with a new flagship model now hitting 435 hp.

Heavy-duty performance on display as the CASE Optimus 300 works the land with the Kverneland DTX cultivator.

At least that’s what John Deere and Fendt had recognised with their respective 7R and Vario 800 models and more recently New Holland (T7HD) and Claas (Axion 800). They’d all stolen a march on the ...