Standards Updates

ASABE Standards Updates

Below is a current listing of the standards completed or withdrawn since the publication of the current ASABE Standards Flash Drive 2025. The most current information is at the top of each list. The updated Flash Drive publication is available each year in late spring.

Information on other standard projects can be found here.

For information on ISO activities, contact the assigned ASABE Administrator found here.

Projects approved

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 3600:2022, Tractors, machinery for agriculture and forestry, powered lawn and garden equipment - Operator's manuals - Content and format

XISO 5674:2024 Tractors and machinery for agricultural and forestry — Guards for power take-off (PTO) drive shafts — Strength and wear tests and acceptance criteria

XISO 5675:2021 Agricultural tractor and machinery-General purpose quick action hydraulic couplers

XISO 5700:2025 MONYEAR Tractors for agriculture and forestry — Roll-over protective structures — Static test method and acceptance conditions

New standards approved since the last publication

ASABE D667-1, Moisture Relationship of Plant-based Agricultural Products – Part 1: Terminology and Formulas (Press Release)

ANSI/ASABE S644 JUN2025, Design of Electromagnetic Radiation Systems for Plants (Press Release)

Revisions since the last publication

ASAE D535 Shelled Corn Storage Time for 0.5% Dry Matter Loss

ANSI/ASABE S620.2 JUL2025, Safety for Anhydrous Ammonia Application Equipment (Press Release)

ASAE S368.5 Compression Test of Food Materials of Convex Shape (Press  Release)

ANSI/ASAE S422.2 MAY2025, Mapping Symbols and Nomenclature for Erosion and Sediment Control Plans for Land Disturbing Activities

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

ANSI/ASABE S642.1 SEP2025 Recommended Methods for Measurement and Testing of  Electromagnetic Radiation Sources for Plant Growth and Development (Press Release)

Withdrawals since the last publication

ANSI/ASABE AD3600:2015 Tractors, machinery for agriculture and forestry, powered lawn and garden equipment - Operator's manuals - Content and format