Crop Insurance Acronyms

Crop Insurance Industry Acronyms

As you have undoubtedly encountered, the crop insurance industry is full of confusing acronyms.  We have assembled this list of some of the more commonly used ones.

• AGR  Adjusted Gross Revenue
• APH  Actual Production History
• AR  Acreage Report
• ARD  Acreage Reporting Date
• BUD  Basic Unit Discount
• CAT  Catastrophic Risk Protection
• CBOT  Chicago Board of Trade
• CRP  Conservation Reserve Program
• EU  Enterprise Unit
• FCIC  Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
• FPD  Final Planting Date
• FSA  Farm Service Agency
• FSN  Farm Serial Number
• GFP  Good Farming Practice
• GPA  Guarantee Per Acre
• GRIP  Group Risk Income Protection
• GRP  Group Risk Plan
• GSI  Growing Season Inspection
• H   Harvested
• IBR  Inter-Tilled Between Rows
• IDY  Individual Determined Yields
• IIP  Indexed Income Protection
• IP  Income Protection
• IRR  Irrigated
• KCBOT  Kansas City Board of Trade
• LAF  Loss Adjustment Factor
• LAM  Loss Adjustment Manual
• LP  Late Planting
• LPP  Late Planting Period
• MGE   Minneapolis Grain Exchange
• MIF  Misreported Information Fact
• MPCI   Multiple Peril Crop Insurance
• NAP   Non-Insured Assistance Program
• NCIS  National Crop Insurance Service
• NIBR  Not Inter-Tilled Between Rows
• NID  No Indemnity Due
• NIRR  Non-Irrigated
• NPS  No Practice Specified
• NRCS  National Resources Conservative
• OC  Organic Certified
• OT  Organic Transitional
• OU  Optional Unit
• PP  Prevented Planting
• PRD  Production Reporting Date
• PRF Pasture, Rangeland, Forage
• P/T/V  Practice/Type/Variety
• QAF  Quality Adjustment Factor
• RI  Rain Index
• RMA  Risk Management Agency
• RO  Regional Office (RMA)
• RP  Revenue Protection
• RPHPE  Revenue Protection Harvest Price Exclusion
• SA-T  Simple Average T-Yield
• SBI  Substantial Beneficial Interest
• SCD  Sales Closing Date
• SCS  Simplified Claims Service
• SOI  Schedule of Insurance
• SRA  Standard Reinsurance Agreement
• SSO  Sales and Service Office
• TA  Trend Adjusted APH Yield Option
• T-Yield  Transitional Yield
• UH  Un-Harvested
• USDA  United States Department of Agriculture
• WA  Written Agreement
• WAH  Written Agreement Handbook
• WUA  Written Unit Agreement
• YA  Yield Adjustment
• YP  Yield Protection