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 |
| NAFTA | North American Free Trade Agreement |
| 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 |
| 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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