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 | | Ron Heck, who farms 3,600 acres of corn and soybeans, said he was comfortable with Johnson's assurances, but without an exemption for farmers in the dust rule, there are no guarantees farmers won't be sued for violations. |
 | | Heck, who is also director of the Iowa Soybean Association, said farm dust is generated for brief periods and quickly dissipates. |
 | | As a combine picks a soybean plant, it shreds the seed pods, stems and leaves and blows those parts back onto the field, while the beans are collected in a bin. |
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