Farm Bureau, Agricultural Science, and Agricultural Policy Acronyms
AAAE | American Association for Agricultural Education |
AACC | American Association of Cereal Chemists |
AAEA | American Agricultural Economics Association |
AAVMC | Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges |
ABA | American Bar Association |
ACPV | American College of Poultry Veterinarians |
ADEC | American Distance Education Consortium |
ADI | acceptable daily intake |
ADSA | American Dairy Science Association |
AFBF | American Farm Bureau Federation |
AFGC | American Forage and Grassland Council |
AFT | American Farmland Trust |
AgNIC | Agriculture Network Information Collaborative |
AI | Artificial insemination |
AIA | advance informed agreement |
AIBS | American Institute of Biological Sciences |
AIC | Agricultural Institute of Canada |
AIMBE | American Institute For Medical and Biological Engineering |
AITC | Ag in the Classroom |
ALOT | Ag Leaders of Tomorrow |
AMS | American Meteorological Society |
AMSA | American Meat Science Association |
ANSI | American National Standards Institute |
AOCS | American Oil Chemists’ Society |
AOSA | Association of Official Seed Analysts |
APHIS | Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture |
APMS | Aquatic Plant Management Society |
APS | American Phytopathological Society |
ARD | Association of Research Directors |
ARI | California State University Agricultural Research Institute |
ARPAS | American Registry of Professional Animal Scientists |
ARS | Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture |
ASA | American Society of Agronomy |
ASAE | The predecessor acronym-still in widespread residual use-for the now re-named ASABE |
ASAC | American Society of Agricultural Consultants |
ASABE | American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers |
ASAE | American Society of Association Executives |
ASAS | American Society of Animal Science |
ASCE | American Society of Civil Engineers |
ASFMRA | American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers |
ASHS | American Society for Horticultural Science |
ASM | American Society for Microbiology |
ASN | American Society for Nutrition |
ASPB | American Society of Plant Biologists |
ATCC | American Type Culture Collection |
ATNESA | Animal Traction Network of Eastern and Southern Africa |
ATTRA | Appropriate Technology Transfer for Rural Areas |
AVMA | American Veterinary Medical Association |
BEA | Bureau of Economic Analysis |
BIO | Biotechnology Industry Organization |
BSE | bovine spongiform encephalopathy |
BST | bovine somatotropin |
Bt | Bacillus thuringiensis |
C-FAR | Illinois Council On Food and Agricultural Research |
C-FARE | The Council on Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics |
CAFO | concentrated animal feeding operations |
CASE | Court Appointed Scientific Experts |
CAST | Council for Agricultural Science and Technology |
CAWS | Chicago Area Waterways Study |
CBD | Convention on Biological Diversity |
CBI | Council for Biotechnology Information |
CBO | Congressional Budget Office (U.S.) |
CBOT | Chicago Board of Trade |
CCAO | Chief County Assessing Official |
CDC | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services |
CDL | Commercial Driver’s License |
CELS | Coalition for Education in the Life Sciences |
CESSE | Council of Engineering and Scientific Society Executives |
CFB | County Farm Bureau |
CFR | Code of Federal Regulations |
CGIAR | Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research |
CIAT | Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (International Center for Tropical Agriculture) |
CIFOR | Center for International Forestry Research |
CIGR | International Commission of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering |
CLIC | COUNTRY Life Insurance Company |
CMAP | Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning |
CMIC | COUNTRY Mutual Insurance Company |
CIMMYT | Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maiz y Trigo (International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center) |
CNMP | Comprehensive Nutrient Management Planning |
COE | Corps of Engineers (also known as “USACE” or “the Corps”) |
CPI | Consumer Price Index |
CREATE | Chicago Region Environmental and Transportation Efficiency Program |
CRP | Conservation Reserve Program |
CRS | Congressional Research Service, The Library of Congress |
CSEA | Canadian Society for Engineering in Agriculture, Food, and Biological Systems |
CSSA | Crop Science Society of America |
DASP | Drug Alcohol Screening Program |
DCEO | Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity |
DHHS | U. S. Department of Health and Human Services |
DNA | deoxyribonucleic acid |
DOE | U.S. Department of Energy |
DOT | U.S. Department of Transportation |
EAV | Equalized assessed value |
EPA | Environmental Protection Agency |
ERS | Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture |
ESA | Entomological Society of America |
EU | European Union |
FACA | Federal Advisory Committee Act |
FAIR | Food Animal Integrated Research |
FANSA | Food and Nutrition Science Alliance |
FAO | Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations |
FAOCP | Food and Agriculture Organization Cooperative Programme (UN) |
FAOSTAT | FAO database |
FAPRI | Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute |
FASEB | Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology |
FASS | Federation of Animal Science Societies |
FDA | U. S. Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and Human Services |
FEMA | Federal Emergency Management Agency |
FERRO | Far Eastern Regional Research Organization, New Delhi, India |
FD&C | Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (U.S.) |
FIFRA | Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (U.S.) |
FIRM | Flood Insurance Rate Map |
FMCSA | Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration |
FQPA | Food Quality Protection Act |
FR | Federal Register |
FREC | Fertilizer Research and Education Council |
FSIS | Food Safety Inspection Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture |
FSNet | Food Safety Network |
G7 | Group of Seven Nations (Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, United Kingdom, United States) |
GAC | Governmental Affairs & Commodities Division |
GALC | Governmental Affairs Leadership Conference |
GAO | U.S. Government Accountability Office |
GATT | General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade |
GDP | gross domestic product |
GFAI | Grain and Feed Association of Illinois |
GIS | geographic information system |
GM | genetically modified |
GMK | GROWMARK |
GMO | genetically modified organism |
GNP | gross national product |
GPO | U.S. Government Printing Office |
GPS | global positioning system |
GRAC | Governor’s Rural Affairs Council |
GRAS | generally recognized as safe |
HACCP | hazard analysis critical control point |
IA | Irrigation Association |
IAA | Illinois Agricultural Association (Illinois Farm Bureau) |
IACE | Illinois Association of County Engineers |
IACO | Illinois Association of County Officials |
IADD | Illinois Association of Drainage Districts |
IAFP | International Association for Food Protection |
IAFSM | Illinois Association for Floodplain and Stormwater Management |
IALF | Illinois Agricultural Leadership Foundation |
IBA | Illinois Beef Association |
IBE | Institute of Biological Engineering |
IBIO | Illinois Biotech Industry Organization |
IBRD | International Bank for Reconstruction and Development |
ICAA | Illinois Coalition for Animal Agriculture |
ICARDA | International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas |
ICGA | Illinois Corn Growers Association |
ICLARM | International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management (also known as WorldFish and BRAC Fisheries) |
ICMB | Illinois Corn Marketing Board |
ICRAF | International Centre for Research in Agroforestry |
ICRISAT | International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics |
IDOA | Illinois Department of Agriculture |
IDOR | Illinois Department of Revenue |
IDOT | Illinois Department of Transportation |
IFAD | International Fund for Agricultural Development, United Nations |
IFB | Illinois Farm Bureau (Illinois Agricultural Association) |
IFC | International Finance Corporation (member of the World Bank Group) |
IFCA | Illinois Fertilizer and Chemical Association |
IFMA | Illinois Farmers Market Association |
IFPRI | International Food Policy Research Institute |
IFT | Institute of Food Technologists |
IG or IGC | Illinois Government Committee (of the IAA Board) |
IHA | Illinois Herb Association |
IIA | Illinois Irrigation Association |
IIC | International Irrigation Center (Utah State Univ.) |
ICC | Illinois Commerce Commission |
IIRA | Illinois Institute for Rural Affairs |
IITA | International Institute of Tropical Agriculture |
ILDG | Illinois Livestock Development Group |
ILRI | International Livestock Research Institute |
IMF | International Monetary Fund |
IMPA | Illinois Milk Producers Association |
IMPB | Illinois Milk Promotions Board |
IPCC | Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change |
IPGRI | International Plant Genetic Resources Institute |
IPM | Integrated Pest Management |
IPPA | Illinois Pork Producers Association |
IRC | Information Research Center |
IRRI | International Rice Research Institute |
ISA | Illinois Soybean Association |
ISAAA | International Service for the Acquisition of Agricultural Biotechnology |
ISGA | Illinois Specialty Growers Association |
ISHS | International Society for Horticultural Science |
ISHS | Illinois State Horticulture Society |
ISP | Illinois State Police |
ISRTP | International Society of Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology |
ITRC | Irrigation Training and Research Center (Cal Poly Univ.) |
IU | international unit |
IVC | Illinois Vehicle Code |
IVGA | Illinois Vegetable Growers Association |
IWA | Illinois Wheat Association |
IWMI | International Water Management Institute |
LGCS | Local Government Conference Series |
LINK | Local Information, News and Know-how |
LMO | living modified organisms |
MAP-21 | Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century (federal surface transportation program) |
MCSAP | Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program |
MCSR | Motor Carrier Safety Regulations |
MLC | Midwestern Legislative Conference |
MSDS | Material Safety Data Sheets |
MSW | municipal solid waste |
NAADA | National Agricultural Alumni and Development Association |
NAL | National Agricultural Library, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture |
NAM | National Affairs and Marketing Committee |
NAS | National Academy of Sciences |
NASDA | National Association of State Departments of Agriculture |
NASS | National Agricultural Statistics Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture |
NASULGC | National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges |
National C-FAR | National Coalition for Food and Agricultural Research |
NAWG | National Association of Wheat Growers |
NCAE | National Council of Ag Employers |
NCSE | National Council for Science and the Environment |
NCBA | National Cattlemen’s Beef Association |
NCGA | National Corn Growers Association |
NCGRP | National Center for Genetic Resources Preservation |
NCRSP | Human Nutrition Collaborative Research Support Program |
NCWSS | North Central Weed Science Society |
NESP | Navigation & Environment Sustainability Program |
NEWSS | Northeastern Weed Science Society |
NFIP | National Flood Insurance Program |
NGO | nongovernmental organization |
NIFA | The National Institute of Food and Agriculture |
NIH | National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services |
NPGS | National Plant Germplasm System |
NPPC | National Pork Producers Council |
NRC | National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences (U.S.) |
NRCS | National Resources Conservation Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture |
NRI | National Research Initiative (U.S.) |
NSCSS | National Society of Consulting Soil Scientists |
NWC | National Waterways Conference |
OECD | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
OICD | Office of International Cooperation and Development, USDA |
OIE | Organization of International Epizootics |
OMB | Office of Management and Budget (U.S.) |
OSTP | Office of Science and Technology Policy (U.S.) |
OTR | On the Road (educational seminars on motor vehicle law) |
PACE | Purchase of Agricultural Conservation Easement |
PI | Productivity Index (used in connection with soils) |
PPP | Public-Private Partnership |
PSA | Poultry Science Association |
rbst | recombinant bovine somatotropin |
RCAS | Research Center Administrators Society |
RD | Rural Development (an office of the UDSA) |
rDNA | recombinant DNA |
RIMSAP | Rural Illinois Medical Student Assistance Program |
RNPP | Rural Nurse Practitioner Program |
RSS | Rural Sociological Society |
SAE | Society of Automotive Engineers |
SETAC | Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry |
SIVB | Society for In Vitro Biology |
SMV | Slow Moving Vehicle (i.e.: SMV Emblem) |
SON | Society of Nematologists |
SOS | Secretary of State |
SPAC | Soil and Plant Analysis Council |
SRM | Society for Range Management |
SSSA | Soil Science Society of America |
SWAT | Strength With Advisory Teams |
SWCB | Soil and Water Conservation Board |
SWCD | Soil and Water Conservation District |
SWCS | Soil and Water Conservation Society |
SWSS | Southern Weed Science Society |
TMDL | total maximum daily load |
TOI | Township Officials of Illinois |
TRAC | Tolerance Reassessment Advisory Committee |
TRIPS | trade-related aspects of intellectual property rights |
TSE | transmissible spongiform encephalopathy |
UCR | Unified Carrier Registration |
UHT | ultra-high temperature |
UMIMR | Upper Mississippi, Illinois & Missouri Rivers Association |
UMIMRA | Upper Mississippi, Illinois & Missouri Rivers Association |
UN | United Nations |
UNEP | United Nations Environment Programme |
UNIDO | United Nations Industrial Development Organization |
UNRISD | United Nations Research Institute for Social Development |
USACE | United States Army Corps of Engineers (also known as “COE” or “the Corps.”) |
USAID | U.S. Agency for International Development |
USAIN | United States Agricultural Information Network |
USCID | United States Committee on Irrigation and Drainage |
USDA | U.S. Department of Agriculture |
USDOT | U.S. Department of Transportation (also known as “DOT”) |
USGS | United States Geological Survey |
USIECR | U.S. Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution |
USMCA | United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement |
USTR | United States Trade Representative’s Office |
WARDA | West Africa Rice Development Association |
WCI | Waterways Council, Inc. |
WFP | United Nations World Food Programme |
WHO | United Nations World Health Organization |
WRDA | Water Resources Development Act |
WSSA | Weed Science Society of America |
WSWS | Western Society of Weed Science |
WTO | World Trade Organization |
YF | Young Farmer |
YL | Young Leader |
Other Links:
- The Opaui Guide to Lists of Acronyms, Abbreviations, and Initialisms On the World Wide Web (List of Lists)
- The Language of Trade: Acronyms Used in International Trade
- USDA Agencies and Staff Offices
- Commonly Used Abbreviations and Acronyms from the United States Government Manual (in text or PDF format)
- Terms of Environment, U.S. Envronmental Protection Agency
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