Common ACRONYMs

A – Actual Yield
AF – Annual Forage
AIP – Approved Insurance Provider
APH – Actual Production History
AR – Acreage Report
ARC – Agriculture Risk Coverage (FSA)
ARD – Acreage Reporting Date
AUP – American Upland Cotton
BFR – Beginning Farmer Rancher
BP – Basic Provisions
BU – Basic Unit
BUD – Basic Unit Discount
CAT – Catastrophic Risk Protection
Category B – Annual Crops
CBOT – Chicago Board of Trade
CEPP – Commodity Exchange Price Povisions
CIH – Crop Insurance Handbook
CIMS – Comprehensive Information Management System
CLU – Common Land Unit
CO – Cover Crop
COI – Conflict of Interest
CPA – Contract Price Addendum
CRP – Conservation Reserve Program
CY – Crop Year
DSSH – FCIC 24040 Document and Supplemental Standards Handbook
EIN – Employee Identification Number
EU – Enterprise Unit
F – Floored Yield
FCIC – Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
FN – Farm Number
FPD – Final Plant Date
FSA – Farm Service Agency
FSN – Farm Serial Number
GFP – Good Farming Practice
GPA – Guarantee Per Acre
GR – Grain
GS – Grain and Graze
GSH – FCIC 18090 General Standards Handbook
GSI – Growing Season Inspection
GZ – Graze
H – Harvested
HR – High Risk Land
IR – Indemnity Reduced

IRR – Irrigated
ITS – Ineligible Tracking System
KCBOT – Kansas City Board of Trade
LAM – Loss Adjustment Manual
LASH – Loss Adjustment Standards Handbook
LP – Late Planting
LPD – Late Planting DATE
LPP – Late Plant Period
LRFR – Limited Resource Farmer Rancher
LRP – Livestock Risk Protection
MPCI – Multi-Peril Crop Insurance
NAP – Non-Insured Assistance Program
NASS – National Agriculture Statistics
NB – New Breaking
NCIS – National Crop Insurance Services
NDS – Non-Disclosure Statement
NIRR – Non-Irrigated
NIRR-SR – Non-Irrigated Skip Row
NOAA – National Oceanographic & Atomospheric Admin
NOL – Notice of Loss
NP – New Producer
NPS – No Practice Specified
NRCS – Natural Resource Conservation Service
NTS – No Type Specified
NYCE – New York Stock Exchange
OC – Organic Certified
OT – Organic Transitional
OU – Optional Unit
P/T/V – Practice/Type/Variety
PF – Protection Factor
PLC – Price Loss Coverage (FSA)
POA – Power of Attorney
PP – Prevented Planting
PPM – Parts Per Million
PRD – Production Reporting Date
PRF – Pasture, Rangeland, Forage
PTC – Production to Count
PW – Production Worksheet
Q – Short Rate Descriptor
QAF – Quality Adjustment Factor
RI – Restored Indemnity
RI – Rainfall Index
RMA – Risk Management Agency
RO – Regional Office ( RMA)
RP – Revenue Protection
RPHE – Revenue Protection with Harvest Exclusion

RY – Reinsurance Year
SA-T – Simple Average T-Yield
SBI – Substantial Beneficial Interest
SCD – Sales Closing Date
SCO – Supplemental Coverage Option
SCP – Simplified Claims Process
SE – Seed Endorsement
SOI – Schedule of Insurance
SP – Special Provisions
SR – Short Rate
SRA – Standard Reinsurance Agreement
SSN – Social Security Number
STAX – Stacked Income Protection Plan
TA – Trend Adjustment
TIN – Tax Identification Number
TW – Test Weight
T-YIELD – Transitional Yield
UH – Un-Harvested
UI – Uninsurable
UR – Unreported
USDA – United States Department of Agriculture
UUF – Unavoidable Uninsured Fire
WA – Written Agreement
WAH – Written Agreement Handbook
WFRP – Whole Farm Revenue Protection
YA – Yield Adjustment
YC – Cupped Yield
YE – Yield Exclusion
YP – Yield Protection