AAA
Agricultural Adjustment Acts
AAM
American Agriculture Movement
AARC
Alternative Agricultural Research & Commercialization Corporation
AASCARR
American Association of Schools and Colleges of Agriculture and Renewable Resources
AAW
American Agri-Women
AC
Animal Care
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
AFV
Alternative Fuel Vehicle
AGR
Adjusted Gross Revenue
AHS
Administrative Heads of Agriculture Section
AI
Artificial insemination
AILFP
American Indian Livestock Feed Program
AIN
Animal identification number(s)
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
AMR
Advanced meat recovery
AMS
Aggregate Measure of Support
AMS
Agricultural Marketing Service
AMTA
Agricultural Market Transition Act
APEP
Accelerated Pseudorabies Eradication Program
APH
Actual production history
APH
Actual Production History insurance
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
ASBR
Asian soybean rust
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
Asset value
AVIC
Area Veterinarian in Charge
AWA
Animal Welfare Act
AWB
Australian Wheat Board
AWP
Adjusted world price
AWQPP
Agricultural Water Quality Protection Program
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
BSL
Biosafety Level
bST
Bovine growth hormone
Bt
Bacillus thuringiensis
BTU
British Thermal Unit
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
CAFTA
Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement
CAFTA-DR
Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement
CAP
Commodity Assistance Programs
CAP
Common Agricultural Policy
CAR
Crops at Risk
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
Crude fiber
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
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
CO
Carbon Monoxide
CO2
Carbon Dioxide
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
Crude protein
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; Clean Water Act of 1977
CWB
Canadian Wheat Board
CWD
Chronic wasting disease
CWSRF
Clean Water State Revolving Fund
cwt.
Hundredweight
CXT
Common external tariff
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
Dry matter
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
DR-CAFTA
Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement
DRA
Delta Regional Authority
DRAP
Disaster Reserve Assistance Program
DRG
Dorsal root ganglia
DRPP
Dairy Refund Payment Program
DSB
Dispute Settlement Body
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
Export Enhancement Program
EEP
Environmental Easement 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
EID
Electronic identification
EIP
Export Incentive Program
EIRP
Extension Indian Reservation Program
EIS
Environmental impact statement
eLDP
Electronic loan deficiency payment
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&CS
Food and Consumer Service
F.A.S.
Free Along Side
F.O.B.
Free On Board
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
FAIR
(National) Farm Animal Identification and Records
FALCON
First Americans Land-grant College Organization and Network
FAMC
Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corp (Farmer Mac)
FAO
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations(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
FFV
Flexible fuel vehicle
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
Forest Stewardship Program
FSP
Food Stamp 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
FWPCA
Federal Water Pollution Control Act
FWS
Fish and Wildlife Service
FY
Fiscal year
G & T
Generation and Transmission
G-10
Group of 10
G-11
Group of 11
G-15
Group of 15
G-2
Group of 2
G-24
Group of 24
G-3
Group of 3
G-5
Group of 5
G-7
Group of 7
G-77
Group of 77
G-8
Group of 8
G-9
Group of 9
GAAMP
Generally Accepted Agricultural Management Practices
GAO
Government Accountability Office (formerly 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
GIN
Group/Lot Identification Number
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
See General Sales Manager (GSM).
GSM-102
See CCC commercial credit, Export Credit Guarantee Programs (GSM-102 and GSM-103), and Supplier Credit Guarantee Program (SCGP).
GSM-103
See CCC commercial credit, Export Credit Guarantee Programs (GSM-102 and GSM-103), and Intermediate Export Credit Guarantee Program (GSM-103).
GSM-5
See Direct export credit, Export credit sales program and CCC commercial credit.
GSP
Generalized System of Preferences
GSWC
Ground and Surface Water Conservation Program
GTC
Grains Trade Convention
HACCP
Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point System
HC
Hydrocarbons
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
HP
Horsepower
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
IADDP
Indian Acute Distress Donation Program
ICA
International Commodity Agreement
ICA
International Coffee 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
IFR
In-forest residues
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 No. 4. See IR-4 Project, Minor-use crops, Minor-use pesticides, and Pesticide clearance.
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
ISO
International Organization for Standardization
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
Potassium
K
Soil erodibility (factor)
KPH
Kidney, pelvic and heart fat
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-W
Minnesota-Wisconsin Price
MA
Mixed alcohols
MAP
Market Access Program
MBT
Methyl Bromide Transition Program
MC
Moisture content
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
MS
Mechanically separated
MSA
Metropolitan Statistical Area
MSP
Higher Education Multicultural Scholars Program
MSPA
Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act
MSW
Municipal solid waste
MTAs
Material transfer agreements
MTD
Maximum tolerated dose
MTN
Multilateral trade negotiations
MUMS
Minor use and minor species
N
Nitrogen
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
NAHRS
National Animal Health Reporting System
NAIS
National Animal Identification Program
NAL
National Agricultural Library (USDA)
NAP
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
NBAF
National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility
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
NME
Nonmarket economy
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
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
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
Phosphorus
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
PIADC
Plum Island Animal Disease Center
PIK
Payment-in-kind
PIN
Premises identification number
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
Pseudorabies
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
QBOP
Quota Buyout for Peanuts
QLP
Quality Loss Program
QR
Quantitative restriction(s)
QSP
Quality Samples Program
QTV
Qualified Through Verification
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
READEO
Regional Emergency Animal Disease Eradication Organization
REAP
Rural Economic Area Partnership
REC
Rural Electric Cooperative(s)
RECD
Rural Economic and Community Development
REE
Research, Education, and Economics, USDA
REEIS
Research, Education, and Economics Information System
REI
Rural economic integration
RETRF
Rural Electrification and Telephone Revolving Fund
RFID
Radio frequency identification
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
ROI
Return on investment
ROPS
Roll-over protection
RPA
Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974
RPAR
Rebuttable Presumption Against Registration
RREA
Renewable Resources Extension Act (of 1978)
RSA
Research Support Agreement
RTB
Rural Telephone Bank
RUS
Rural Utilities Service
RUSLE
Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation
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
SNP
Single nucleotide polymorphism
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
SRF
State Water Pollution Control Revolving Fund
SRIC
Short rotation intensive culture
SRM
Specified risk material
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
T-value; soil loss tolerance level
T-DNA
Transfer DNA
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
TILLING
Targeting Induced Local Lesions IN Genomes
TLAP
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
TPRB
Trade Policy Review Body
TPRM
Trade Policy Review Mechanism
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
TTPP
Tobacco Transition Payments Program
TZ
Tetrazolium test
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
Uruguay Round
URAA
Uruguay Round Agreement on Agriculture
UREC
Unavoidable residual environmental contamination
USAID
U.S. Agency for International Development
USAIP
U.S. Animal Identification Plan
USFWS
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
USGC
U.S. Grains Council
USGSA
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
VAT
Value-added tax
vCJD
Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
VS
Veterinary Services
WAMLAP
Wool and Mohair Market Loss Assistance Program
WAOB
World Agriculture Outlook Board
WB
Waybill
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
See World Trade Organization (WTO).
WW-FTF
Worldwide Farmer-to-Farmer Initiative
YBS
Young, beginning, and small
Glossary of Agricultural Production, Programs,
and Policy —
Fourth Edition
by Chuck Culver
Director of Development
Division of Agriculture
University of Arkansas