AARCC - Alternative Agricultural Research and Commercialization Corporation
AC - Area Conservationist
ACA - Agricultural Credit Association
ACE - Agriculture in Concert with the Environment
ACP - Agricultural Conservation Program
ACTPN - Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations
ADR - Alternative Dispute Resolution
AFDC - Aid To Families With Dependent Children
AFPA - Agricultural Fair Practices Act of 1967
AFTA - ASEAN Free Trade Agreement
AI - Artificial Insemination
AID - Agency for International Development
AMS - Agricultural Marketing Service (USDA)
AMS - Aggregate Measure of Support
AMTA - Agricultural Market Transition Act
ANCOM - Andean Common Market
ANPR - Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
APA - Administrative Procedure Act
APAC - Agricultural Policy Advisory Committee
APEC - Asian-Pacific Economic Cooperation
APHIS - Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA)
AQI - Agricultural Quarantine Inspection
ARI - Aquifer Risk Index
ARP - Acreage Reduction Program
ARS - Agricultural Research Service (USDA)
ASCS - Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
ASEAN - Association of Southeast Asian Nations
ASEAN4 - Thailand, Philippines, Malaysia, and Indonesia minus Singapore, Brunei and Vietnam
ASQ - Allowable Sale Quantity
ATAC - Agricultural Technical Advisory Committee
ATO - Agricultural Trade Office
AU - Animal Unit
AUM - Animal Unit Month
AWA - Animal Welfare Act
AWP - Adjusted World Price
AWT - Advanced Wastewater Treatment
B&I - Business and Industry Guaranteed Loan Program
BACT - Best Available Control Technology
BIT - Bilateral Investment Treaty
BLM - Bureau of Land Management
BMP - Best Management Practice
BNC - Binational Commission
BOD - Biochemical oxygen demand - a measure of organic oxygen consuming matter in water.
BPI - Beef (Cattle) Price Index
BSE - Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy
BST - Bovine Somatotropin
BT - Bacillus Thuringiensis
Bu - Bushel
CAA - Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990
CACFP - Child and Adult Care Food Program
CACM - Central American Common Market
CAFO - Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation
CAP - Common Agricultural Policy
CARD - Center for Agricultural and Rural Development
CARICOM - Caribbean Common Market
CAST - Council for Agricultural Science and Technology
CAT - Catastrophic Crop Insurance
CBERA - Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act of 1983
CBI - Caribbean Basin Initiative
CBO - Congressional Budget Office
CCC - Commodity Credit Corporation
CD - Conservation District
CDC - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
CED - County Executive Director
CEEC - Central and Eastern European Countries
CEQ - Council on Environmental Quality
CERCLA - Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
CFCs - Chlorofluorocarbons
CFO - Conservation Farm Option
CFR - Code of Federal Regulations
cfs - Cubic feet per second - a measure of discharge or flow.
CFSAN - Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
CFTA - Canada Free Trade Agreement
CFTC - Commodity Futures Trading Commission
CGIAR - Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research
CIT - Court of International Trade
CJD - Creatzfeld-Jakob Disease
CLOC - Commodity Letter of Credit
CMS - Conservation Management System
COAP - Cottonseed Oil Assistance Program
CoBank - National Bank for Cooperatives
CODEX - Codex Alimentarius Commission
CP - Contracting Party
CPI - Consumer Price Index
CRADA - Cooperative Research and Development Agreement
CREP - Conservation Resource Enhancement Program
CRES - Conservation Reporting and Evaluation System
CRP - Conservation Reservation Program
CRS - Congressional Research Service
CRSP - Collaborative Research Support Program
CSE - Consumer Subsidy Equivalent
CSFP - Commodity Supplemental Food Program
CSREES - Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service
CSRS - Cooperative State Research Service
CTA - Conservation Technical Assistance
CVD - Countervailing Duty
CVM - Center for Veterinary Medicine (FDA)
CWA - Clean Water Act (Federal Water Pollution Control Act)
cwt - Hundredweight - a unit of weight equal to 100 pounds.
CXT - Common External Tax
CZARA - Coastal Zone Act Reauthorization Amendments of 1990
CZMA - Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972
DC - District Conservationist
DCPA - Dacthal - a selective herbicide used especially on vegetables.
DDT - dichloro-diphenyl-trichloromethane - a chlorinated hydrocarbon insecticide.
DEIP - Dairy Export Incentive Program
DES - Diethylstilbestrol - a synthetic estrogen hormone.
DG VI - Director-General for Agriculture at the European Union
DLT - Distance Learning and Telemedicine Grant and Loan Program
DMLA - Dairy Market Loss Assistance Program
DO - Dissolved Oxygen
DOC - Department of Commerce
DOE - Department of Energy
DOI - Department of Interior
DOL - Department of Labor
DOT - Department of Transportation
DPSP - Dairy Price Support Program
DSB - Dispute Settlement Body
DTP - Dairy Termination Program
DV - Daily Value
EA - Environmental Assessment
EBI - Environmental Benefits Index
EBT - Electronic Benefit Transfer
EC - European Community
ECARP - Environmental Conservation Acreage Reserve Program
E. coli - Escherichia Coli - a bacterium that lives harmlessly in the intestines of animals.
ECP - Emergency Conservation Program
EEP - Export Enhancement Program
EFAP - Emergency Food Assistance Programs (formerly TEFAP)
EFNEP - Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program
EFTA - European Free Trade Association
EI - Erosion Index
EIS - Environmental Impact Statement
ELISA - Enzyme Immunogorbant Assay (test)
EPA - Environmental Protection Agency
EQIP - Environmental Quality Incentives Program
ERS - Economic Research Service (USDA)
ES - Extension Service (USDA)
ESA - Environmentally Sensitive Area
ESA - Endangered Species Act
ETBE - Ethyl Tertiary Butyl Ether
EU - European Union
EUP - Experimental Use Permit
FAC - Food Aid Convention
FACA - Federal Advisory Committee Act
FACTA - Food, Agriculture, Conservation and Trade Act of 1990
FAIR Act - Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996
FAO - Food and Agricultural Organization
FAPRI - Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute
Farmer Mac - Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation
FAS - Foreign Agricultural Service (USDA)
FCA - Farm Credit Administration
FCCC - United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
FCIC - Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (USDA)
FCSIC - Farm Credit System Insurance Corporation
FCS - Farm Credit System
FDA - Food and Drug Administration (HHS)
FDPIR - Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations
FEMA - Federal Emergency Management Agency
FFDCA - Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act
FGIS - Federal Grain Inspection Service (USDA)
FHA - Federal Housing Administration
FIFRA - Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act
FIVIMS - Food Insecurity and Vulnerability Information and Mapping System
FmHA - Farmers Home Administration (USDA)
FMIA - Federal Meat Inspection Act
FMMO - Federal Milk Marketing Order
FMD - Foot-and-Mouth Disease
FMDP - Foreign Market Development Program
FMV - Fair Market Value
FNS - Food and Nutrition Service (USDA)
F.O.B. - Free-On-Board
FOR - Farmer-Owned-Reserve
FQPA - Food Quality Protection Act
FS - Forest Service (USDA)
FSA - Farm Service Agency (USDA)
FSCR - Food Security Commodity Reserve
FSIS - Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA)
FSO - Food Safety Objective
FSU - Former Soviet Union
FTAA - Free Trade Area of the Americas
FWPCA - Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972
FWS - Fish and Wildlife Service (DOI)
FY - Fiscal Year
GAO - General Accounting Office
GAP - Government Accountability Project
GATS - General Agreement of Trade in Services
GATT - General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
GDP - Gross Domestic Product
GIPSA - Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (USDA)
GIS - Geographic Information System
GLCI - Grazing Land Conservation Initiative
GLI - Great Lakes Initiative
GMO - Genetically Modified Organism
GMP - Good Manufacturing Practice
GNP - Gross National Product
GPCP - Great Plains Conservation Program
GPS - Global Positioning System
GRAS - Generally Recognized as Safe
GRH - Guaranteed Rural Housing
GRAS - Generally Recognized as Safe
GRIP - Gross Revenue Insurance Plan
GSE - Government Sponsored Enterprise
GSM - General Sales Manager
GSP - Generalized System of Preferences
GTC - Grains Trade Convention
Ha - Hectare - a metric unit of area equal to 2.481 acres.
HACCP - Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point
HAZMAT - Hazardous Materials
HCP - Habitat Conservation Plan
HEL - Highly Erodible Land
HFCS - High-Fructose Corn Syrup
HHS - Department of Health and Human Services
HNI - Human Nutrition Institute
HRW - Hard Red Winter
HSI - Habitat Suitability Index
HTSUS - Harmonized Tariff Schedules of the United States
HVP - High Value Product
IBNMRR - Interagency Board for Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research
ICM - Integrated Crop Management
IFAD - International Fund for Agricultural Development
IFAO - International Fund for Agricultural Development
INS - Immigration and Naturalization Service
IP - Identity Preserved
IPM - Integrated Pest Management
IRI - International Research Institute
IRM - Integrated Resource Management
ITA - International Trade Administration (DOC)
ITC - International Trade Commission
JAWF - Joint Agricultural Weather Facility
JSA - Joint Subcommittee on Aquaculture
LAA - Local Administrative Area
LDC's - Less Developed Countries
LDP - Loan Deficiency Payment
LESA - Land Evaluation and Site Assessment System
LGU - Land Grant University
LIBOR - London Interbank Offered Rate
LIFDC - Low-income Food Deficit Country
LISA - Low-Input Sustainable Agriculture
LOAEL - Lowest-observed-adverse-offset-level
MAI - Multilateral Agreement on Investment
MAP - Market Access Program
MDM - Mechanically Deboned Meat
MERCOSUR - Southern Cone Common Market - includes Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay.
MFN - Most-Favored-Nation Treatment
MFA - Multifiber Arrangement
mg/L - Milligrams per liter - a measure of concentration.
MLA - Market Loss Assistance Payments
MLRA - Major Land Resource Area
MOU - Memorandum of Understanding
MPP - Market Promotion Program
MRA - Mutual Recognition Agreement
mt - Metric Ton - a unit of mass equal to 1,000 kilograms or 2,204.62 pounds.
MTD - Maximum Tolerated Dose
MTN - Multilateral Trade Negotiations
M-W Price - Minnesota-Wisconsin Price
NAA - National Aquaculture Act of 1980
NAAQS - National Ambient Air Quality Standards
NACMCF - National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria For Foods
NAD - National Appeals Division
NADA - New Animal Drug Applications
NAFTA - North American Free Trade Agreement - covers the United States, Canada, and Mexico
NAHMS - National Animal Health Monitoring System
NAICS - North American Industry Classification
NAL - National Agricultural Library (USDA)
NAP - Noninsured Assistance Program
NAS - National Academy of Sciences
NASS - National Agricultural Statistics Service (USDA)
NEPA - National Environmental Policy Act
NFIP - National Flood Insurance Program
NGO - Non-governmental Organization
NIS - Newly Independent States
NNMRRP - National Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research Program
NOAA - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (DOC)
NPDES - National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
NPL - National Priorities List
NPS - Nonpoint Source Pollution
NRCS - National Resources Conservation Service (USDA)
NRI - National Research Initiative
NSLP - National School Lunch Program
NTR - Normal Trade Relations
NWS - National Weather Service
OBPA - Office of Budget and Program Analysis
OCE - Office of the Chief Economist (USDA)
ODS - Ozone Depleting Substance
OECD - Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
OGC - Office of General Counsel
OIE - International Office of Epizootics
OIG - Office of Inspector General
OL - Farm Operating Loan
OMB - Office of Management and Budget
OME - Office of Migrant Education
OPP - Office of Pesticide Programs (EPA)
OSHA - Occupational Safety and Health Administration (DOL)
OTA - Office of Technology Assessment
PACA - Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act
PBIS - Performance Based Inspection System
PC - Prior Converted Wetland
PCA - Production Credit Association
PCIMS - Processed Commodity Inventory Management System, USDA Tri-Agency computer system
PCP - Posted County Price
PDP - Pesticide Data Program
PFC - Production Flexibility Contract
PIK - Payment-in-Kind
PILT - Payments in Lieu of Taxes
PIN - Pesticide Information Network
P.L. - Public Law
PM - Particulate Matter
POTW - Publicly Owned Treatment Works
PPIA - Poultry Products Inspection Act
PRP - Pesticide Recordkeeping Program
PRV - Pseudorabies
PSE - Producer Subsidy Equivalent
PST - Porcine Somatotropin
PVO - Private Voluntary Organization
QA - Quality Assistance
QTV - Qualified Through Verification
RCBS - Rural Cooperative and Business Development Service (USDA)
RCD - Resource Conservation District
RCRA - Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
RCWP - Rural Clean Water Program
RD - Rural Development
RDA - Recommended Dietary Allowance
REC - Rural Electric Cooperative
REE - Research, education and economics - a mission area within USDA
RHCDS - Rural Housing and Community Development Service (USDA)
RMA - Risk Management Agency (USDA)
RMC - Resource Management Plan
RTB - Rural Telephone Bank
RUS - Rural Utilities Service (USDA)
RUSCE - Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation
SAB - Science Advisory Board (EPA)
SAC - Suspended and Cancelled Pesticides
SAES - State Agricultural Experiment Stations
SARE - Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program
SBA - Small Business Administration
SBP - School Breakfast Program
SC - State Conservationist
SCS - Soil Conservation Service
SDWA - Safe Drinking Water Act
SE - Salmonella Enteriditis
SFHA - Special Flood Hazard Area
SFFP - Summer Food Service Program
SIC - Standard Industrial Classification
SIP - State Implementation Plan
SOAP - Sunflower Oil Assistance Program
SOC - Senior Oversight Committee
SOP - Standard Operating Procedure
SPS - Sanitary and Phytosanitary
SRF - State Revolving Fund
STE - State Trading Enterprise
S/U - Stocks-to-Use Ratio
TA - Technical Assistance
TBTs - Technical Barriers to Trade
TDS - Total Dissolved Solids
TEA - Targeted Export Assistance Program
TEFAP - The Emergency Food Assistance Program
TFP - Thrifty Food Plan
TGA - Taylor Grazing Act of 1934
TMAL - Total Maximum Annual Load
TMDL - Total Maximum Daily Load
TPRG - Trade Policy Review Group
TRI - Toxic Release Inventory
TRIPs - Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights
TRQ - Tariff Rate Quota
TSCA - Toxic Substances Control Act
TVA - Tennessee Valley Authority
UIC - Underground Injection Control
UMR - Usual Market Requirements
UN - United Nations
UNCTAD - United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
URAA - Uruguay Round Agreement on Trade
USAID - U.S. Agency for International Development
U.S.C. - United States Code
USDA - United States Department of Agriculture
USGS - United States Geological Survey (DOI)
USITC - United States International Trade Commission
UST - Underground Storage Tank
USTR - United States Trade Representative
UV - Ultraviolet
VAT - Value-added Tax
VER - Voluntary Export Restraint Agreement
VFO - Veterinary Food Directive
VISTA - Volunteers In Service To America
VOC - Volatile Organic Compounds
WAOB - World Agricultural Outlook Board
WASDE - World Supply and Demand Estimates
WBP - Water Bank Program
WFPO - Watershed and Prevention Operations
WHO - World Health Organization
WIC - Women, Infants and Children
WPA - Waterfowl Production Areas
WQIP - Water Quality Incentives Program
WRP - Wetlands Reserve Program
WS - Wildlife Service
WTO - World Trade Organization
