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Abbreviations Entries in the Glossary

Glossary of Agricultural Production, Programs and Policy

4th Edition

Agricultural Acronyms and Abbreviations

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A

(Underlined definitions are links to more descriptive information.)

AAA

Agricultural Adjustment Acts.

AAM

American Agriculture Movement.

AARC

Alternative Agricultural Research & Commercialization Corporation.

AAW

American Agri-Women.

AC

ACA

Agricultural Credit Associations.

ACB

Agricultural Credit Bank.

ACE

Agriculture in Concert with the Environment.

ACIF

Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund.

ACOP

Academic Committee on Organization and Policy

ACP

Agricultural Conservation Program (NASULGC).

ACR

Acreage Conservation Reserve.

ACTPN

Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations.

AD

Anaerobic digestion.

ADB

Average daily balance.

ADC

Animal Damage Control (USDA).

ADI

Acceptable daily intake.

AES

Agricultural Experiment Stations.

AFBF

American Farm Bureau Federation.

AFO

Animal feeding operation.

AFT

American Farmland Trust.

AGR

Adjusted Gross Revenue.

AHS

Administrative Heads of Agriculture Section

AI

Artificial insemination.

AILFP

American Indian Livestock Feed Program.

ALB

Asian long-horned beetle.

AMA

Agricultural Management Assistance.

AMAP

Agricultural Management Assistance Program.

AMI

American Meat Institute.

AMLAP

Apple Market Loss Assistance Program.

AMP

Allotment management plan.

AMS

Aggregate Measure of Support.

AMS

Agricultural Marketing Service.

AMTA

Agricultural Market Transition Act.

APEP

Accelerated Pseudorabies Eradication Program.

APH

Actual production history.

APHIS

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.

APZ

Agricultural protection zones.

AQI

Agricultural Quarantine Inspection program.

ARCP

Agricultural Resources Conservation Program.

AREERA

Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998.

ARL

Anticipated residue level.

ARP

Acreage Reduction Program.

ARPA

Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000.

ARS

Agricultural Research Service.

ASA

American Soybean Association.

ASCS

Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service.

ASF

African swine fever.

ASGA

American Sugar Beet Growers Association.

ASI

American Sheep Industry Association.

ATO

Agricultural Trade Office(s).

AUM

Animal unit month.

AV

AWA

Animal Welfare Act.

AWB

Australian Wheat Board.

AWP

Adjusted world price.

AWQPP

Agricultural Water Quality Protection Program.

B

(Underlined definitions are links to more descriptive information.)

B&I

Business and Industry Loan.

BA

Budget authority.

BARC

Beltsville Agricultural Research Center (Beltsville).

BARD

Binational Agricultural Research and Development program.

BC

Bank for Cooperatives (CoBank).

BFP

Basic formula price.

BICO

Bulk commodities, value-added intermediate agricultural products, and high-value, consumer-oriented foods and beverages.

BIFAD

Board for International Food and Agricultural Development.

BLM

Bureau of Land Management.

BLV

Bovine leukemia virus.

BMP

Best management practice.

BOD

Biological oxygen demand.

BPI

Beef (cattle) price index.

BSE

Bovine spongiform encelphalopathy.

BSE

Breeding soundness examination.

bST

Bovine growth hormone.

Bt

Bacillus thuringiensis.

C

(Underlined definitions are links to more descriptive information.)

C

Cover management (factor).

C&F

Cost and Freight.

c.i.f

Cost, Insurance, and Freight.

CAB

Crop Acreage Base.

CACFP

Child and Adult Care Food Program.

CACM

Central American Common Market.

CAFO

Concentrated animal feeding operation.

CAP

Commodity Assistance Programs.

CAP

Common Agricultural Policy.

CAR

CARAT

Committee to Advise on Reassessment and Transition.

CARET

Council on Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching.

CARICOM

Caribbean Community and Common Market.

CAT

Catastrophic coverage.

CBER

Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research.

CBERA

Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act of 1983.

CBI

Caribbean Basin Initiative.

CBOT

Chicago Board of Trade.

CCC

Commodity Credit Corporation.

CCEP

Comprehensive Conservation Enhancement Program.

CCP

Critical control points.

CDC

Center for Disease Control and Prevention.

CDP

Crop Disaster Program.

CE

Competitive exclusion.

CED

County Executive Director.

CERCLA

Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980.

CES

Cooperative Extension Service.

CES

Cooperative Extension System.

CET

Common external tariff.

CF

CFC

National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corporation.

CFO

Conservation Farm Option program.

CFSA

Consolidated Farm Services Agency.

CFSAN

Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition.

CFTC

Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

CGIAR

Consulting Group on International Agricultural Research.

CHRP

Critical Habitat Reserve Program.

CI

Charitable institutions.

CIC

Commodity Improvement Council.

CIL

Cash in lieu of commodities.

CIP

Cleaned-in-place.

CIS

Commonwealth of Independent States.

CLDAP

Crop Loss Disaster Assistance Program.

CLP

Certified Lender Program.

CMA

Cooperative Marketing Association Program.

CME

Chicago Mercantile Exchange.

CMI

Crop Moisture Index.

CNF

Cost and freight.

CNMP

Comprehensive nutrient management plan.

CNPP

Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion.

COAP

Cottonseed Oil Assistance Program.

COC

County Committee.

COE

U. S. Army Corps of Engineers

CoM

Cost of money loans.

COOL

Country-of-origin labeling.

CP

CPGL

Conservation of Private Grazing Lands Program.

CRADA

Cooperative Research and Development Agreement.

CRAT

Civil Rights Action Team.

CRC

Crop Revenue Coverage.

CREP

Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program.

CRIS

Current Research Information System.

CRP

Conservation Reserve Program.

CRSC

Colorado River Basin Salinity Control program.

CS

Cooperative Service.

CSA

Community-supported agriculture.

CSE

Consumer subsidy equivalent.

CSFP

Commodity Supplemental Food Program.

CSGWPP

Comprehensive State Ground Water Protection Program.

CSP

Conservation Security Program.

CSREES

Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service.

CSRS

Cooperative State Research Service.

CTA

Conservation technical assistance.

CVA

Capper-Volstead Act of 1922.

CVD

Countervailing duty (duties); countervailing measure(s).

CVM

Center for Veterinary Medicine.

CWA

Clean Water Act of 1972.

CWB

Canadian Wheat Board.

CWD

Chronic wasting disease.

cwt.

CXT

Common external tariff.

D

(Underlined definitions are links to more descriptive information.)

DALR$

Debt and Loan Restructuring System.

dbh

Diameter at breast-height.

DCP

Direct and Counter-Cyclical Program.

DEIP

Dairy Export Incentive Program.

DHIA

Dairy Herd Improvement Association.

DIP

Dairy Indemnity Program.

DLT

Distance Learning and Telemedicine Program.

DM

DMI

Dairy Management, Inc..

DMI

Dry matter intake.

DMLA

Dairy Market Loss Assistance Program.

DNA

Deoxyribonucleic acid.

DON

Deoxynivalenol.

DOP

Digital orthophotography.

DOPP

Dairy Options Pilot Program.

DP

Direct payments.

DPSP

Dairy Price-Support Program.

DRA

Delta Regional Authority.

DRAP

Disaster Reserve Assistance Program.

DRPP

Dairy Refund Payment Program.

DSB

Dispute Settlement Body.

E

(Underlined definitions are links to more descriptive information.)

EA

Environmental assessment.

EBC

Equivalent bushel concept.

EBI

Environmental Benefits Index.

EBV

Estimated breeding value.

EC

Emulsifiable concentrates.

EC

Enterprise Community.

EC

European Community.

ECARP

Environmental Conservation Acreage Reserve Program.

ECOP

Extension Committee on Organization and Policy (NASULGC)

ECP

Emergency Conservation Program.

EE

Environmental evaluation.

EEP

Environmental Easement Program.

EEP

Export Enhancement Program.

EFAP

Emergency Feed Assistance Program.

EFGDP

Emergency Feed Grain Donation Program.

EFNEP

Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program.

EFP

Emergency Feed Program.

EI

Erodibility (Erosion) Index.

EIA

Equine infectious anemia.

EIP

Export Incentive Program

EIRP

Extension Indian Reservation Program.

EIS

Environmental impact statement.

ELG

Effluent limitations guideline.

ELS

Extra-long staple cotton.

EM

Emergency loans.

EPA

Environmental Protection Agency.

EPD

Expected progeny differences.

EPIA

Egg Products Inspection Act.

EQIP

Environmental Quality Incentives Program.

ERS

Economic Research Service.

ES

Extension Service.

ESA

Endangered Species Act.

ESC

Enteric Septicemia of Catfish.

ESCOP

Experiment Station Committee on Organization and Policy (NASULGC)

ESP

Experimental Stewardship Program.

EU

European Union.

EUP

Experimental use permits.

EWP

Emergency Watershed Protection.

EWR

Electronic warehouse receipt.

EWRP

Emergency Wetlands Reserve Program.

Ex-Im

Export-Import Bank.

EZ

Empowerment Zone.

EZ/EC

Empowerment Zone and Enterprise Community program.

F

(Underlined definitions are links to more descriptive information.)

F&CS

Food and Consumer Service.

F.A.S.

Free Along Side.

F.O.B.

F.S.T.

F.O.B., Stowed, and Trimmed.

FAC

Farm Credit System Financial Assistance Corporation.

FAC

Food Aid Convention.

FACTA

Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990.

FAD

Foreign animal diseases.

FAEIS

Food and Agricultural Education Information System

FAIR

Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996.

FAMC

Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corp (Farmer Mac)

FAO

Food and Agriculture Organization (UN).

FAPD

Advisory Committee on Foreign Animal and Poultry Diseases.

FAPRI

Food and Agriculture Policy Research Institute

Farmer Mac

Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation.

FARRM

Farm and Ranch Risk Managements accounts.

FAS

Foreign Agricultural Service.

FCA

Farm Credit Administration.

FCB

Farm Credit Bank.

FCC

Farm Credit Council.

FCIC

Federal Crop Insurance Corporation.

FCP

Farm Credit Program of the FSA

FCP

Flood Compensation Program.

FCR

Feed conversion ratio.

FCS

Farm Credit System.

FCSIC

Farm Credit System Insurance Corporation.

FDA

Food and Drug Administration.

FDPIR

Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations.

FERRET

Food Emergency Rapid Response and Evaluation Team.

FEWS

Famine Early Warning System.

FFA

Future Farmers of America.

FFDCA

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act of 1938.

FFLA

Federal Farm Loan Act.

FFLI

Fat-Free Lean Index.

FFP

Food for Progress Program.

FGIS

(former) Federal Grain Inspection Service (USDA).

FI

Food Institute.

FICB

Federal Intermediate Credit Bank.

FIFRA

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act .

FIP

Forestry Incentives Program.

FLB

Federal Land Bank.

FLBA

Federal Land Bank Association.

FLCA

Federal Land Credit Association.

FLEP

Forest Land Enhancement Program.

FLMPA

Federal Land Management Policy Act.

FLP

Forest Legacy Program.

FLPMA

Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976.

FLRP

Foundation Livestock Relief (Cost-Share) Program.

FLSA

Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938.

FMD

Foot-and-mouth disease.

FMD

Foreign Market Development Program (Cooperator Program).

FMDCP

Foreign Market Development Program (Cooperator Program).

FmHA

Farmers Home Administration.

FMMO

Federal Milk Marketing Order.

FMNP

Farmers' Market Nutrition Program.

FMP

Forest management plan.

FNS

Food and Nutrition Service.

FO

Farm ownership loans.

FOR

Farmer-Owned Reserve.

FORC-G

Foodborne Outbreak Response Coordinating Group.

FPP

Farmland Protection Program.

FPPR

Farm Program Payment Reserve.

FQPA

Food Quality Protection Act of 1996.

FRAC

Forestry Research Advisory Council.

FRPP

Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program.

FRRP

Flood Risk Reduction Program.

FRS

Financially-related services.

FS

Forest Service (USDA).

FSA

Farm Service Agency.

FSFL

Farm Storage Facility Loan Program.

FSFLP

Farm Storage Facility Loan Program.

FSIS

Food Safety and Inspection Service.

FSMIP

Federal-State Marketing Improvement Program.

FSN

Farm serial number.

FSP

Food Stamp Program.

FSP

Forest Stewardship Program.

FTAA

Free Trade Area of the Americas.

FTF

John Ogonowski Farmer-to-Farmer Program.

FVI

Forage value index.

FW

Farmed wetland.

FWP

Farmable Wetland Pilot Project.

FWS

Fish and Wildlife Service.

FY

G

(Underlined definitions are links to more descriptive information.)

G & T

Generation and Transmission.

G-10

G-11

G-15

G-2

G-24

G-3

G-5

G-7

G-77

G-8

G-9

GAAMP

Generally Accepted Agricultural Management Practices.

GAO

General Accounting Office.

GATT

General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade.

GCPO

Global Change Program Office.

GDP

Gross Domestic Product.

GFEI

Global Food and Education Initiative.

GIPSA

Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration.

GIS

Geographic information system.

GLCI

Grazing Lands Conservation Initiative.

GM

Genetically modified.

GMA

Grocery Manufacturers of America.

GMAP

Genetically modified agricultural products.

GMO

Genetically modified organism.

GMP

Good manufacturing practices.

GMPP

Genetically modified pest protected plants.

GNP

Gross National Product

GPCP

Great Plains Conservation Program.

GPRA

Government Performance and Results Act.

GPS

Global positioning system.

GRAS

Generally Recognized as Safe.

GRH

Gramm-Rudman-Hollings.

GRIP

Group Revenue Insurance Policy.

GRIP

Group Risk Income Protection.

GRP

Grassland Reserve Program.

GSE

Government sponsored enterprise.

GSM

General Sales Manager.

GSM-102

Export Credit Guarantee Programs.

GSM-103

Intermediate Export Credit Guarantee Programs.

GSM-5

Export Credit Sales Program.

GSP

Generalized System of Preferences.

GSWC

Ground and Surface Water Conservation Program.

GTC

Grains Trade Convention.

H

(Underlined definitions are links to more descriptive information.)

HACCP

Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point System.

HCNP

Homeless Children Nutrition Program.

HCP

Habitat Conservation Plan.

HEC

Higher Education Challenge Grants Program.

HEP

Higher Education Programs.

HFCS

High-fructose corn syrup.

HIMP

HACCP-based Inspection Models Project.

HPA

Horse Protection Act.

HPLC

High Performance Liquid Chromatography.

HS

Harmonized system.

HTST

High-temperature, short-time pasteurization.

HTSUS

Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States.

HUA

Nonpoint Source Hydrologic Unit Areas projects.

HVI

High Volume Instrumentation.

HWWIP

Hard White Wheat Incentive Payments.

I

(Underlined definitions are links to more descriptive information.)

IADDP

Indian Acute Distress Donation Program.

ICA

International Coffee Agreement.

ICA

International Commodity Agreement.

ICCA

International Cocoa Agreement.

ICD

International Cooperation and Development.

ICM

Integrated Crop Management.

ICOP

International Committee on Organization and Policy (NASULGC).

IDA

International Dairy Arrangement.

IFAFS

Initiative for Future Agricultural and Food Systems.

IFFS

Integrated food and farming systems.

IFMP

Integrated Farm Management Program.

IFS

Integrated farming systems.

IGA

International Grains Agreement.

IMF

International Monetary Fund.

IOOA

International Olive Oil Agreement.

IP

Identity preserved.

IP

Income protection.

IP

International Programs.

IPM

Integrated Pest Management.

IR-4

Interregional research project No. 4.

IRMA

Individual Risk Management Accounts.

IRP

Intermediary Relending Program.

IRRI

International Rice Research Institute

IS

International Services.

ISA

Institutional Strengthening Assistance grants.

ISA

International Sugar Agreement.

IT

Intermediate-term loan(s).

ITBs

International Trade Barriers.

ITC

International Trade Commission.

ITDC

International Trade and Development Centers

ITS

Ineligible Tracking System.

IWA

International Wheat Agreement.

K

(Underlined definitions are links to more descriptive information.)

K

K

Soil erodibility (factor).

KPH

Kidney, pelvic and heart fat.

L

(Underlined definitions are links to more descriptive information.)

L

Slope length (factor).

LACIE

Large Area Crop Inventory Experiment.

LAM

Loss Adjustment Manual.

LAP

Livestock Assistance Program.

LCP

Livestock Compensation Program.

LDC

Less (least) developed countries.

LDP

Loan deficiency payment(s).

LEAP

Livestock Environmental Assistance Program.

LESA

Land evaluation and site assessment.

LGM

Livestock Gross Margin insurance.

LIBOR

London Interbank Offered Rate.

LIFDC

Low income, food deficit countries.

LIP

Livestock Indemnity Program.

LISA

Low input sustainable agriculture.

LMAAP

Lamb Meat Adjustment Assistance Program.

LOCAL

Launching Our Communities' Access to Local Television Act of 2000.

LOEL/LOAEL

Lowest observable (adverse) effect level.

LRP

Livestock Risk Protection insurance.

LTLT

Low-temperature, long-time pasteurization.

LTV

Loan to (asset) value.

M

(Underlined definitions are links to more descriptive information.)

M-W

Minnesota-Wisconsin Price.

MAP

Market Access Program.

MBT

Methyl Bromide Transition Program.

MFA

Maximum flex(ible) acres(age).

MFA

Multi-fiber Arrangement Regarding International Trade in Textiles.

MFN

Most favored nation.

MILC

Milk Income Loss Contract program.

MIP

Minimum Import Price (EC).

MLG

Marketing loan gain(s).

MLR

Market loan repayment (provision).

MLR

Marketing loan repayment (provision).

MLRA

Major land resource area.

MNC

Multinational corporation(s).

MPC

Milk protein concentrate.

MPCI

Multiperil crop insurance.

MPP

Market Promotion Program.

MPPA

Most probable producing ability.

MSA

Metropolitan Statistical Area.

MSP

Higher Education Multicultural Scholars Program.

MSPA

Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act.

MTAs

Material transfer agreements.

MTD

Maximum tolerated dose.

MTN

Multilateral trade negotiations.

MUMS

Minor use and minor species.

N

(Underlined definitions are links to more descriptive information.)

N

NACD

National Association of Conservation Districts.

NACMCF

National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods.

NAD

National Appeals Division.

NAFTA

North American Free Trade Agreement.

NAHMS

National Animal Health Monitoring System.

NAL

National Agricultural Library (USDA).

NAP

1) Noninsured (Crop Disaster) Assistance Program. 2) Noninsured (Crop Disaster) Assistance Program.

NAPIAP

National Agricultural Pesticide Impact Assessment Program.

NARETPA

National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977.

NASS

National Agricultural Statistics Service (USDA).

NASULGC

National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges.

NAWG

National Association of Wheat Growers.

NBC

National Broiler Council.

NCA

National Cattlemen's Association.

NCA

National Cropland Acreage.

NCA

Normal Crop Acreage.

NCBA

National Cattlemen's Beef Association.

NCC

National Chicken Council.

NCC

National Cotton Council of America.

NCE

National Cheese Exchange.

NCFC

National Council of Farmer Cooperatives.

NCGA

National Corn Growers Association.

NCIMS

National Conference on Interstate Milk Shipments.

NCP

National Conservation Program.

NDM

Non-fat dry milk.

NDPC

National Drought Policy Commission.

NE

Northern Europe; Northern Europe price.

NEPA

National Environmental Policy Act of 1969.

NET

Nutrition Education and Training.

NFA

Normal flex(ible) acres(age).

NFDM

Non-fat dry milk.

NFO

National Farmers Organization.

NFSMI

National Food Service Management Institute.

NFU

National Farmers Union.

NGO

Nongovernmental organization.

NGRP

National Genetics Resources Program.

NIC

Newly industrialized country(ies).

NIPF

Nonindustrial private forest land.

NISA

Net income stabilization account.

NMP

Nutrient management plan.

NMPF

National Milk Producers Federation.

NOAA

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

NOEL/NOAEL

No observable (adverse) effect level.

NOSB

National Organic Standards Board.

NPDES

National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System .

NPE

Nutrition Program for the Elderly .

NPIP

National Poultry Improvement Plan.

NPO

National Partnership Office.

NPPC

National Pork Producers Council.

NRCS

Natural Resources Conservation Service.

NRDC

National Rural Development Council.

NRDP

National Rural Development Partnership.

NRECA

National Rural Electric Cooperative Association.

NRI

National Research Initiative (competitive grants program).

NRI

National Resources Inventory.

NRSP-7

National Research Support Project No. 7.

NSIP

Nutrition Services Incentive Program.

NSLP

National School Lunch Program.

NSP

Nonpoint source pollution.

NSTC

National Science and Technology Council.

NTB

Nontariff trade barriers.

NTF

National Turkey Federation.

NTR

Normal trade relations.

NVSL

National Veterinary Services Laboratories.

NWI

National Wetlands Inventory.

NWR

NOAA weather radio.

O

(Underlined definitions are links to more descriptive information.)

OAQ

Overall allotment quality.

OBPA

Office of Budget and Program Analysis, USDA.

OCD

Office of Community Development.

OCE

Office of the Chief Economist, USDA.

OECD

Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development.

OFA

Optional flex(ible) acres(age).

OGC

Office of the General Counsel.

OICD

Office of International Cooperation and Development.

OIG

Office of Inspector General.

OL

Operating loan(s).

OMA

Orderly marketing agreement(s).

OP

Organophosphate(s).

OPIC

Overseas Private Investment Corporation.

OSDBU

Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization, USDA.

OSTP

Office of Science and Technology Policy.

P

(Underlined definitions are links to more descriptive information.)

P

P

Support practice (factor).

P & S(A)

Packers and Stockyards Administration.

P & SP

Packers and Stockyards Program.

PAB

Resource Conservation and Development Policy Advisory Board.

PACA

Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act, 1930.

PACE

Purchase of agricultural conservation easements.

PAH

Polynuclear (polycyclic) aromatic hydrocarbons.

PBIS

Performance based inspection system.

PBT

Persistent bioaccumulative and toxic (chemicals).

PC

Prior converted (wetland).

PCA

Production Credit Associations.

PCP

Posted county price.

PDP

Pesticide Data Program.

PDR

Purchase of development rights.

PDSI

Palmer Drought Severity Index.

PFC

Production flexibility contract(s).

PIA

Pesticide impact assessment.

PIK

Payment-in-kind.

PIQ

Partners in Quality.

PL480

Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954.

PLD

Paid land diversion.

PLP

Preferred lender program.

PMA

Produce Marketing Association.

PMC

Pest Management Center.

PNP

Permit nutrient plan.

POP

Producer option payments.

PP

Prevented (from) planting.

PPARS

Program Planning and Reporting System

PPD

Producer price differential.

PPQ

Plant Protection and Quarantine.

PRIA

Public Rangelands Improvement Act of 1978.

PRP

Pasture Recovery Program.

PRRSV

Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus.

PRV

PSB

Pine shoot beetle.

PSE

Pale, soft, exudative.

PSE

Producer subsidy equivalents.

PSP

Point source pollution.

PSS

Porcine stress syndrome.

pST

Porcine somatotropin.

PSW

Pale, soft, watery.

PTO

Power take-off.

PVO

Private voluntary organization.

PVPA

Plant Variety Protection Act.

Q

(Underlined definitions are links to more descriptive information.)

QBOP

Quota Buyout for Peanuts.

QLP

Quality Loss Program.

QR

Quantitative restriction(s).

QSP

Quality Samples Program.

QTV

Qualified Through Verification.

R

(Underlined definitions are links to more descriptive information.)

R

Rainfall-runoff erosivity (factor).

RA

Revenue assurance.

RA-HP

Revenue assurance with harvest price option.

RA-HPO

Revenue assurance with harvest price option.

RAC

Raw agricultural commodity(ies).

RAMP

Rural Abandoned Mine Program.

RAMP

Risk Avoidance and Mitigation Program.

RBEG

Rural Business Enterprise grants.

RBOG

Rural Business Opportunity grants.

RBP

Restrictive business practice(s).

RBRNSLA

Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act.

RBS

Rural Business-Cooperative Service.

RC&D

Resource Conservation and Development Program.

RCA

Soil and Water Resources Conservation Act of 1977.

RCAP

Rural Community Advancement Program.

RCWP

Rural Clean Water Program.

RDA

Rural Development Administration.

RDIF

Rural Development Insurance Fund.

rDNA

Recombinant DNA.

RDTF

Rural Development Through Forestry.

REA

Rural Electrification Administration.

REAP

Rural Economic Area Partnership.

REC

Rural Electric Cooperative(s).

RECD

1) Rural Economic and Community Development. 2) Rural Economic and Community Development.

Redleg

Rural Economic Development loans and grants.

REE

Research, Education, and Economics (USDA).

REEIS

Research, Education, and Economics Information System.

REI

Rural economic integration

RETRF

Rural Electrification and Telephone Revolving Fund

RHS

Rural Housing Service.

RLOC

Revolving line of credit.

RMA

Rice Millers Association.

RMA

Risk Management Agency.

RME

Risk management education.

RMP

Resource management plan.

RNA

Ribonucleic acid.

ROA

Rate of return on assets.

ROE

Rate of return on equity.

ROPS

Roll-over protection.

RPA

Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974.

RPAR

Rebuttable Presumption Against Registration.

RSA

Research Support Agreement.

RTB

Rural Telephone Bank.

RUS

Rural Utilities Service.

RUSLE

Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation.

S

(Underlined definitions are links to more descriptive information.)

S & D

Special and differential treatment.

SAA

Shared appreciation agreement.

SAES

State Agricultural Experiment Stations.

SAP

Scientific Advisory Panel.

SARE

Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program.

SBI

Substantial beneficial interest.

SBIR

Small Business Innovation Research Program.

SBP

School Breakfast Program.

SCC

Somatic cell count.

SCGP

Supplier Credit Guarantee Program.

SCP

Sugar-containing products.

SCS

Soil Conservation Service.

SDA

Socially disadvantaged.

SDS

Sudden Death Syndrome.

SDWA

Safe Drinking Water Act.

SE

Salmonella enteritidis.

SED

State Executive Director (FSA and RD, USDA)

SERD

Science and Education Resources Development.

SFMNP

Seniors Farmers' Market Nutrition Program.

SFSP

Summer Food Service Program.

SHOP

Small Hog Operation Payment Program.

SIAP

Supplemental Income Assistance Program.

SIP

Stewardship Incentive Program.

SK/FB

Soup Kitchen/Food Bank Program.

SMP

Special Milk Program.

SMV

Slow-moving vehicle.

SMZ

Streamside management zone.

SNF

Solids-not-fat.

SOAP

Sunflower Oil Assistance Program.

SPEC

Secondary and Two-Year Postsecondary Agriculture Education Challenge Grants Program.

SPS

Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures.

SRA

Standard Reinsurance Agreement.

SRDC

State Rural Development Councils.

SRWC

Short rotation woody crop.

SSF

Site-specific farming.

SSRS

Senior Scientific Research Service.

STC

State Committee (FSA, USDA)

STE

State trading enterprise.

SWANCC

Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook County v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

SWCA

Soil and Water Conservation Assistance.

SWCD

Soil and Water Conservation District.

SY

Scientist year.

T

(Underlined definitions are links to more descriptive information.)

T

T-value; soil loss tolerance level.

T-Value

Soil loss tolerance level.

TAP

Tree Assistance Program.

TASC

Technical Assistance for Specialty Crops program.

TBT

Technical barriers to trade.

TCK

Tilletia controversa Kuhn fungus.

TCP

Transition contract payments.

TCR

Tribal Colleges Research Grants Program.

TDR

Transfer of development rights.

TEA

Targeted Export Assistance Program.

TEFAP

Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Program.

TEFAP

The Emergency Food Assistance Program.

TERP

Tobacco Equity Reduction Program.

TI

Tobacco Institute.

TLAP

1) Tobacco Loss Assistance Program. 2) Tobacco Loss Assistance Program. 3) Tobacco Loss Assistance Program.

TLC

Thin layer chromatography.

TMDL

Total maximum daily load.

TMS

Total milk solids.

TOP

Target option payments.

TOPP

Tobacco Payment Program.

TRAC

Tolerance Reassessment Advisory Committee.

TSCA

Toxic Substances Control Act.

TSE

Transmissible spongiform encephalopathy.

TSI

Timber stand improvement.

TSNA

Tobacco-specific nitrosamines.

TSP

Technical service provider.

TZ

Tetrazolium test.

U

(Underlined definitions are links to more descriptive information.)

UA

Urban agriculture.

UBMTA

Uniform Biological Material Transfer Agreement.

UDIA

United Dairy Industry Association.

UEA

United Egg Association.

UEP

United Egg Producers.

UF

Ultra-filtration.

UGRSA

Uniform Grain and Rice Storage Agreement.

UHT

Ultra-high temperature.

UR

URAA

Uruguay Round Agreement on Agriculture.

UREC

Unavoidable residual environmental contamination.

USAID

U.S. Agency for International Development.

USFWS

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

USGC

U.S. Grains Council.

USGSA

1) U.S. Grain Standards Act. 2) U.S. Grain Standards Act.

USLE

Universal Soil Loss Equation.

USNE

U.S. Northern Europe price.

USTR

U.S. Trade Representative.

USW

U.S. Wheat Associates.

USWA

U.S. Warehouse Act of 1916.

V

(Underlined definitions are links to more descriptive information.)

VAT

Value-added tax.

VS

Veterinary Services.

W

(Underlined definitions are links to more descriptive information.)

WAMLAP

Wool and Mohair Market Loss Assistance Program.

WAOB

World Agriculture Outlook Board.

WB

WBP

Water Bank Program.

WEP

Water and Environmental Programs.

WEQ

Wind erosion equation.

WH & B

Wild Free-Roaming Horse and Burro Act.

WHIP

Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program.

WHPA

Wellhead protection area.

WHPP

Wellhead Protection Program.

WIC

Women, Infants, and Children program.

WIFE

Women Involved in Farm Economics.

WNV

West Nile virus.

WP

Wettable powders.

WPC

Whey protein concentrate.

WPD

Worker protection standards.

WQIP

Water Quality Incentives Program.

WRP

Wetlands Reserve Program.

WS

Wildlife Services.

WTO

World Trade Organization.

WW-FTF

Worldwide Farmer-to-Farmer Initiative.

Y

(Underlined definitions are links to more descriptive information.)

YBS

Young, beginning, and small.

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