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Resource, May 2006

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X584.1, Agricultural Equipment: Speed Identification Symbol (SIS). This standard is being revised to make the dimensions of the SIS more practical and to enhance visual clarity.

X566.1, Guidelines for Selection of Energy Efficient Agricultural Ventilation Fans. This standard is being updated to reflect recent data from the University of Illinois Bioenvironmental Structural Systems (BESS) labs and other sources. These updates will increase the effectiveness of the standard by improving the scope of the efficiency rating process.

Most RecentFood Articles

Withdrawal of ASAE S513, Agricultural Wheeled Tractors - Front Mounted Linkage and identical adoptions of ISO 8759-1, Agricultural wheeled tractors Front-mounted equipment - Part 1: Power take-off and three-point linkage and ISO8759-2, Agricultural wheeled tractors - Front-mounted equipment - Part 2: Stationary equipment connection. This is another step towards international harmonization. Some content in ISO 8759-1 was originally based on ASAE S203 PTO and S217 3-pt linkage. ISO8759-2 was solely based on U.S. content.

Revisions

ANSI/ASAE S354.5, Safety for Farmstead Equipment. This revision updated the Normative References and added a section on Highway Travel.

ASAE S301.4, Front-End Agricultural Loader Ratings. This revision updated the Normative References.

For more information, contact ASABE Standards, 2950 Niles Road, St. Joseph, MI 49085-9659, USA; 269-428-6331 or 269-429-0300 ext. 315, fax 269-429-3852.

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