Stay in the Loop with Committee Correspondence
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Review your settings on your Profile page—look for the Community Notifications link under the My Account tab. Tailor your preferences by selecting real-time delivery of committee messages or consolidating all or a portion of your communications in a daily or weekly digest. "Real Time" is the best choice in most instances, to ensure you don't miss an opportunity to respond to sensitive actions.
If you hit a roadblock or see an error message in your email preferences, reach out to staff for help. Our FAQ page is also a great resource. |
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ASABE Standards Staff Attends Solar Farm Summit
ASABE staff attended the Solar Farm Summit in Chicago recently, where they met with stakeholders to coordinate the future of clean energy and dual use solar and food production. Standards staff members Scott Cedarquist and Britni Wall are shown here with Shaswati Behera (center), of the University of Nebraska, who also attended the summit, where she presented her ASABE-award–winning poster on robotic mowing.
The networking they conducted was especially valuable as ASABE develops a related standard, X669 Agrivoltaics Terms and Definitions, in partnership with the Solar Energy Industries Association. To participate in this project, please reach out to Britni Wall.
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Standards Notes & Outreach
- We completed our annual assessment for accreditation as a Canadian standards developer and we’ve initiated our first Canadian Standards Project to nationally adopt ISO 4254 Agricultural machinery - Safety - Part 1: General requirements as a National Standard of Canada.
- Earlier this month Scott Cedarquist participated in the ANSI International Forum and International Council meetings. As their titles imply, these committees provide updates on the ISO standards development process and allow the US to provide feedback on new higher-level proposals within the ISO system.
- Jean Walsh traveled to Paris last week as a member of the US delegation to a meeting of ISO Technical Committee 23 Subcommittee 6, which covers equipment for crop protection. Numerous delegates from the US participated, both in person and virtually.
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New from Resource Magazine
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Every fall here at ASABE, we celebrate students in our September/October issue of Resource. This year is all about capstone projects: from idea to impact! In our special issue, we offer you a front-row seat to the creativity and determination of tomorrow’s professionals. We shine the spotlight on capstone projects from 18 schools across North America. Sit back and enjoy--and be sure to share with an educator or student who might be interested in great career options!
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Last Call for AIM Publishing Discount
Act now to further develop your 2025 AIM non-refereed presentation into a high-quality peer reviewed manuscript by submitting to the ASABE journals. Receive a page charge discount of $100 or 10%, if over 10 pages, for the final layout. Your paper must have been presented at the AIM. Submit your manuscript to Scholar One by October 1, 2025.
Note that all manuscripts must go through our high-quality review process to be published in the ASABE journals. Include in your cover letter your AIM paper number and title. The title of the submitted journal manuscript must be similar to that of the AIM paper.
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Picture this!
Resource magazine’s VisualChallenge is calling all creators to capture the spirit of ag and bio engineering in fresh and exciting ways. From the lab to the field, show us what inspires you—and your work could inspire others! The VisualChallenge is an opportunity to be creative and to show those outside the ABE field: "This is what we do." Use your entry to convey the beauty and meaning of your work, your research developments, or your Society community.
Deadline – November 1, 2025 |
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Open-Access Document Based on ASABE Standards Clarifies Evapotranspiration Terminology
A new publicly available technical note based on ASABE standards clarifies terminology related to evapotranspiration (ET), providing a reliable foundation for communications in water resource planning and irrigation management.
“Evapotranspiration Terminology and Definitions” was written in collaboration with 2025 updates to ASABE's standards on soil and water nomenclature. Published by the American Society of Civil Engineers Environmental & Water Resources Institute, it benefited from the expertise of more than 27 coauthors, including ASABE members, and input from dozens of state and federal agencies, irrigation and water resource organizations, industry partners, researchers, and international groups. More than 50 stakeholders wrote letters of support for the project.
Find the open-source technical note here. |
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ASABE Standards Referenced in Canadian Regulations
Standards Council of Canada recently advised us of six places where ASABE standards are referenced by the Canadian national, provincial, and territorial regulations. The documents include ANSI/ASABE-S276.6-05 Slow Moving Vehicle Identification Emblem (SMV Emblem) and ASABE S574-00(R2005) Instructional Seat for Agricultural Equipment. In some cases, the same standard is referenced in multiple regulations.
For more information, refer to the CanLII database, which includes inventory of all Canadian federal, provincial, and territorial regulations. |
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NRCS Publishes Updates to Handbook
The USDA Natural Resource Conservation Service recently published Notice 178 to its National Handbook of Conservation Practices (NHCP) eDirectives. Practices included in the notice include Animal Mortality Facility (316); Controlling Existing Flowing Well (352); Fish Raceway or Tank (398); Phosphorous Removal System (624); and Prescribed Grazing (528).
The notice can be found in 450 H Part - 620 Conservation Practices. The NHCP establishes national standards for the planning, design, and application of various conservation practices used by the NRCS to address natural resource concerns on private lands.
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New from ASABE Journals
Open Access Articles, Special Collection Articles, New Journal Issues
Journal of Agricultural Safety and Health 31(3)
Applied Engineering in Agriculture 41(4)
Journal of the ASABE 68(4)
Journal of Natural Resources and Agricultural Ecosystems 3(3)
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Standards Activities
New Standards
- ANSI/ASABE S644 JUN2025 Design of Electromagnetic Radiation Systems for Plants
Revised Standards
- ASAE S368, Compression Test of Food Materials of Convex Shape
- ANSI/ASAE S422.2 MAY2025 Mapping Symbols and Nomenclature for Erosion and Sediment Control Plans for Land Disturbing Activities
- ANSI/ASABE S620.2 JUL2025, Safety for Anhydrous Ammonia Application Equipment
- ASABE/ISO 500-3:2014 SEP2025 Agricultural tractors — Rear-mounted power take-off types 1, 2, 3 and 4 — Part 3: Main PTO dimensions and spline dimensions, location of PTO
Approved Projects
- X338, Field Equipment for Agriculture - Safety Chain for Towed Equipment
- X392.3, Cotton Module Builder and Transporter Standard
- X535.1, Shelled Corn Storage Time for 0.5% Dry Matter Loss
- X636, Physical Properties and Testing Methods for Bulk Materials
- X672 Engineering Practices Standard Soil Compaction: Planning and Reporting of Soil Compaction Studies for Tractive Devices Design, Traffic Management, Soil Health and Crop Yield
- XISO 5675:2021 Agricultural tractor and machinery-General purpose quick action hydraulic couplers
Press Releases
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