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[Cornish Gems]

Suggest the moderation team create a new topic called abbreviations in the general chat area and makes it 'pinned' so it stays on top.

Then add abbreviations alphabetically to the list.

If you get enough information in there I'll put an advert somewhere more prominent telling people that this list exists while they browse the site.

Here is a list of abbreviations we may come across relating to our agricultural enterprises including those used on this forum.

• 28day ....................... permitted development
• ACP ......................... Acetyl Promazine
• ADLib ....................... Agricultural Document Library
• AGLV ....................... Area of Great Landscape Value
• AI ............................ artificial insemination
• AONB ....................... Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
• AQMA .......................Air Quality Management Area
• ASSI ........................ Area of Special Scientific Interest
• AVM-GSL ................. Authorized veterinary medicine – general sales list
• AWD ....................... Agricultural Worker's Dwelling
• BAPs ........................ Biodiversity Action Plans
• BCTGA ..................... British Christmas Tree Growers Association
• BHWT ...................... British Hen Welfare Trust
• BSAVA ..................... British Small Animal Veterinary Association
• BVA ......................... British Veterinary Association
• CAP ......................... Common Agriculture Policy
• CFE ......................... Campaign For the farmed Environment
• CIL ........................... Community Infrastructure Levy
• CL .............................Certified Location (Caravan Site)
• CMO ......................... Common Organisation of Markets/Common Market Organisations
• CPH ......................... County, Parish Holding Number
• CPRE......................... Campaign to protect rural England (nosey do gooding hippies)
• CRC .......................... Commission for Rural Communities
• CS ............................ Campsite or Certified Site (Caravan Site)
• DARD ....................... Department of Agriculture and Rural Development
• Dave A ..................... David Acreman (the author of the book, Field to Farm)

• DCLG ....................... Department for Communities and Local Government
• DCP ......................... Development Control Practice
• DEFRA...................... Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
• DECC ....................... Department of Energy and Climate Change
• EA ........................... Environment Agency
• EAFRD ..................... European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (2007-2013)
• EAGF ....................... European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (2007-2013)
• EAGGF ..................... European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (replaced in 2007)
• EC ............................ European Commission
• EHRC ....................... European Human Rights Court
• ELC .......................... Ecological Land Co-operative
• ELS .......................... Entry Level Stewardship Scheme
• EN ........................... Enforcement Notice
• ES ........................... Environmental Stewardship
• EU ........................... European Union
• EWGS ...................... English Woodland Grant Scheme
• F2F .......................... Field to Farm
• FACF ....................... Farm and Country Finance
• FARMA .................... The National Farmers' Retail and Markets Association
• FSA ......................... Food Safety Agency
• FTF .......................... Field to Farm
• GPDO ...................... General Permitted Development Order
• Ha ............................ Hectare
• HLS .......................... Higher Level Stewardship Scheme
• HMLR ....................... HM Land Registry (no 'the' needed in front)
• HSE ......................... Health and Safety Executive
• IFM .......................... Integrated Farm Management
• IPC .......................... Infrastructure Planning Commission
• LA ........................... Local Authority
• LEAF ....................... Linking Environment and Farming
• LETS ....................... Local Exchange Trading Scheme
• LFACA...................... Less Favoured Area Compensatory Allowances Scheme

• LGA ..........................Local Government Association
• lpa or LPA................ local planning authority
• LR ........................... Land Registry (needs a 'the' in front)
• LSA ......................... Land Settlement Association
• NFA-VPS ................. Non-food animal medicine – veterinarian, pharmacist, SQP
• NFU ......................... National Farmers Union

• NMA ......................... Non-material Amendment

• NOI .......................... Noticification of Intention Procedure
• Non-SDA .................. Non Severely Disadvantaged Area
• NPPF ....................... National Planning Policy Framework
• NPS ......................... National Policy Statements

  [NSA] .......................... National Sheep Association

• nts ........................... Note to Self (meaning surreydodger)
• OFS ........................ Organic Farming Scheme
• OWD ....................... Occupational Worker's Dwelling
• pd ............................ Permitted Development
• PEA ......................... Planning Enforcement Assistant

  [PFLA] ......................... Pasture-Fed Livestock Association

• pm ........................... private message
• PAE ......................... Planning Aid England
• PO ........................... Planning Officer
• POM-V ..................... Prescription-only medicine – veterinarian
• POM-VPS ................. Prescription-only medicine – veterinarian, pharmacist, SQP
• PPS ......................... Planning Policy Statement
• RCHQ ...................... River Cottage HQ
• RDPE ....................... Rural Development Programme for England
• RPA ......................... Rural Payments Agency (known as the Welsh Assembly in Wales)
• RTPI ........................ Royal Town Planning Institute
• SAC ........................ Special Area of Conservation
• SBI .......................... Single Business Identification Number
• SDA ........................ Severely Disadvantaged Area
• SFP ........................ Single Farm Payment Scheme
• SINC ....................... Sites of Importance for Nature Conservation
• SIPP ....................... Self Invested Personal Pension
• SMD ....................... Standard Man Days
• SPA ........................ Special Protection Areas
• SPO ........................ Senior Planning Officer
• SPS ........................ Single Payment Scheme
• SPQ ........................ suitably qualified person
• TPTB ...................... The Powers that be
• UDP ........................ Unitary Development Plan
• VMR ....................... Veterinary Medicines Regulations
• WIRS....................... Water Industry Registration Scheme
• WWOOF ................. World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms

The above list is not complete but if any of you know others please would you contact a moderator and then they can add your suggestions to the list.

[Romany]

Finally! I asked Steve for this way back in the mists of time... well done CG for compiling it!

Romany

[Devon Cream]

I was reading an article which mentioned PLI and found that this abbreviation is not mentioned in the list but that it means Profitable Lifetime Index.  The article I was reading was about a bull that had been condemned but whose owners won their case to keep him.

[Devon Cream]

Interestingly enough the article I mentioned was included in Stackyard News and one of the latest titbits from them is about NOAH. This apparently stands for National Office of Animal Health. The second paragraph says

 

Phil Sketchley, Chief Executive of NOAH, said a unified communications strategy was necessary between organisations such as the Food Standards Agency, the Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD), the Responsible Use of Medicines in Agriculture Alliance (RUMA), NOAH, the British Retail Consortium (BRC), IGD and the NFU among others.

 

Just thought this would be interesting as some of those abbreviations are not mentioned in the original list.

[Cornish Gems]

We recommend Stackyard News to other members of the Forum. Most of it is not applicable to our situations, but every so often something that might be useful turns up. A word of warning though - they love abbreviations!

 

For instance..."Any cattle identified as persistently infected (PI) with Bovine Virus Diarrhoea (BVD) should go directly to slaughter as soon as possible and should not be sold in the open market or used for breeding." and then they go on to say, "This is the advice from experts advising the England Bovine Virus Diarrhoea stakeholder group, funded by the Rural Development Plan for England (RDPE) and coordinated by the DairyCo division of the Agriculture & Horticulture Development Board (AHDB)."