Here is a listing of common acronyms used to describe various crop insurance plans. Should you have any questions about your crop insurance plan, please contact us.
- AF – Annual Forage
- AIP – Approved Insurance Provider
- APH – Actual Production History
- APHTH – Actual Production History Transfer History
- AR – Acreage Report
- ARD – Acreage Reporting Date
- ARPI – Area Risk Protection Insurance
- BFR – Beginning Farmer and Rancher
- BP – Common Crop Insurance Policy Basic Provisions
- BU – Basic Unit
- BUD – Basic Unit Discount
- CAT – Catastrophic Risk Protection
- CBOT – Chicago Board of Trade
- CC – Continuous Cropping
- CEPP – Commodity Exchange Price Provisions
- CLU – FSA Common Land Unit (Field)
- CP – Crop Provisions
- CPA – Contract Price Addendum
- CRP – Conservation Reserve Program
- DO – Dollar Amount of Insurance
- EIN – Employer Identification Number
- EOI – End of Insurance Period
- EP – Enterprise Unit by Practice
- EU – Enterprise Unit
- FCIC – Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
- FPD – Final Planting Date
- FSA – Farm Service Agency
- FSN – Farm Serial Number
- GFP – Good Farming Practice
- GIS – Geographical Information System
- GPA – Guarantee Per Acre
- GSI – Growing Season Inspection
- H – Harvested
- HELC – Highly Erodible Land Conservation
- IBR – Inter-Tilled Between Rows
- IP – Income Protection
- IPA – Insurance Per Acre
- IPF – Insurance Per Field
- IRR – Irrigated
- KCBOT – Kansas City Board of Trade
- LAF – Loss Adjustment Factor
- LAM – Loss Adjustment Manual
- LASH – Loss Adjustment Standards Handbook
- LP – Coverage Level by Practice
- LPP – Late Planting Period
- MGE – Minneapolis Grain Exchange
- 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 – USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service
- OC – Organic Certified
- OT – Organic Transitional
- OU – Optional Unit
- POA – Power of Attorney
- PP – Prevented Planting
- PRD – Production Reporting Date
- PRF – Pasture, Rangeland, Forage
- P/T – Practice/Type
- RI – Rain Index
- RMA – Risk Management Agency
- RP – Revenue Protection
- RPHPE – Revenue Protection Harvest Price Exclusion
- SA – Signature Authority
- SA-T – Simple Average T-Yield
- SBI – Substantial Beneficial Interest
- SCD – Sales Closing Date
- SCO – Supplemental Coverage Option
- SCS – Simplified Claims Service
- SEC – Section
- SF – Summer Fallow
- SP – Special Provisions
- SOI – Schedule of Insurance
- SRA – Standard Reinsurance Agreement
- TA – Trend Adjusted APH Yield Option
- TMA – T-Yield Map Area
- T-Yield – Transitional Yield
- UH – Un-Harvested
- USDA – United States Department of Agriculture
- WA – Written Agreement
- WAH – Written Agreement Handbook
- WC – Wetland Conservation
- WFRP – Whole Farm Revenue Protection
- YA – Yield Adjustment
- YE – Yield Exclusion Option
- YP – Yield Protection