| 2 tooth |
Term used to describe age of a
sheep - See Ageing
sheep |
| 2,4-D |
Herbicide |
| 7-in-1, 5-in-1 |
Names of vaccines
used on animals to protect against several diseases (7 or 5) |
|
AA
|
Aberdeen Angus (A breed of Cattle)
|
|
A&P
|
Agricultural and Pastoral
|
|
AB
|
Artificial Breeding (see AI)
|
| ABV |
Australian
Breeding Value. |
|
ac
|
acre or active
constituent
|
| AC |
Accelerated conditioning
or Alternating current |
| ADI |
Acceptable Daily Intake |
| AE |
Adult
Equivalent |
| AFC |
Average
Fixed Cost |
| AFO |
Animal feeding
operations |
| AGM |
Annual General Meeting |
| AI |
Artificial
Insemination |
|
ai
|
active
ingredient
|
| ALS |
Active
Light Sensor |
| AMF |
Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi |
| APP |
Average
Physical
Product |
| APR |
Annual
Percentage
Rate |
| APW |
Australian Premium White - a classification (grade) of Australian Bread Wheat |
|
ASP
|
Autumn
saved pasture
|
| ASBVs |
Australian Sheep Breeding Values |
| ATC |
Average
Total Cost |
| AU |
Animal
Unit |
| AVC |
Average
Variable Cost |
|
AWASP
|
adjusted weighted average sale price (for wool)
|
| AWB |
AWB
Ltd |
|
B
|
boron
|
| BC |
Bulk
Classed |
| BD |
Bulk density |
| BEFV |
Bovine Ephemeral Fever Virus |
|
BF
|
butterfat
|
| BLM |
Border Leicester x Merino ewes |
| BLS |
Bellies
wool |
|
BMC
|
bulk milk cell count
|
|
BMP
|
butter milk powder
|
| BOD |
Biochemical
oxygen demand |
| BPR |
Buried Plant Residues |
| BSE |
Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy |
|
BYDV
|
barley yellow dwarf virus
|
|
bf
|
black face
|
| BT |
Bacillus thuringiensis. Proteins from this fungus have
been inserted in crops by genetic modification methods to provide
resistance to insect attack e.g. BT cotton. |
| bu |
Bushel |
|
C
|
carbon
|
|
°C
|
degrees Celsius
|
| C&I |
Criteria & Indicators |
|
Ca
|
calcium
|
| CA |
Certified Agreement |
| CA |
Conservation
Agriculture |
| CAFO |
Concentrated
animal feeding operations |
| CALM |
Computer Aided Livestock Marketing
in Australia now AuctionPlus. |
| CAM |
Crassulacean acid
metabolism |
| CBOT |
Chicago
Board Of Trade |
| CBP |
Critical Breaking Point |
| CCA |
Cold carcass weight - see under carcass weight |
| CCN |
Cereal Cyst Nematode |
| CDF |
Cumulative
Distribution Function |
| CEC |
Cation
exchange capacity |
| CEI |
Chief Executive-s Instructions |
| CEO |
Chief Executive Officer |
|
cfa CFA
|
cast for age
|
| CHU |
Crop heat
units (Corn heat units) |
|
cif CIF
|
cost, insurance,
freight
|
|
Cl
|
chlorine
|
|
CO
|
consulting officer, commanding officer (armed forces)
|
| COF |
Clean
on floor |
|
Co
|
Cobalt
|
| Co. |
Company |
|
CP
|
calving
percentage
|
| CR |
Conception rate |
| CSM |
Complex
system methodology |
| CT |
Conventional
Tillage |
| CTF |
Controlled Traffic Farming |
|
CTP
|
close to profit
|
|
Cu
|
copper
|
| Cumec |
unit of flow equal to 1 cubic meter
per second |
|
Cusec
|
cubic foot per second
|
| CW |
Carcass weight |
| d |
Day |
| DACT |
diaminochlorotriazine |
|
DAP
|
diammonium
phosphate (NH4)2HPO4
|
| DBS |
Deep Blade System (on tillage equipment) |
| DC |
Direct
Current |
|
DCE
|
dairy cow equivalent
|
|
DDM
|
digestible
dry matter
|
| DE |
Digestible
Energy |
| DGPS |
Differential Global
Positioning System |
|
DLWG
|
daily liveweight gain
|
|
DM
|
dry matter
|
| DMI |
demethylation inhibitor |
|
DOM
|
digestible organic matter
|
|
DOP DP
|
dressing out percentage, dressing percentage
|
| DPTA |
diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid |
| Dr |
Doctor or Debit |
| DRB |
deleterious rhizobacteria |
| DSE |
Dry
sheep equivalent |
| DSS |
Decision support systems |
| DWR |
deepwater, rainfed lands |
| E |
Energy |
| Eg |
Net energy gains |
| E |
Evaporation |
| E0 |
Potential evaporation from a free water surface |
| EAR |
Emergy
Appropriation Ratio |
| EBV |
Estimated
Breeding
Value. |
| EEC |
Estimated
environmental concentration |
|
EC
|
Emulsifiable concentrate
|
| EC |
Electrical
Conductivity. |
| ECa |
Apparent electrical conductivity |
| EC |
Exceptional Circumstances |
| EC50 |
Concentration
of a chemical at which 50% of the test population are affected |
| ECRP |
Exceptional Circumstance Relief Payment |
| EER |
Emergy Exchange
Ratio. The ratio of the emergy exported
with the product or service to the emergy of the money or the product
received for it. |
| EFP |
Environmental Farm Plan |
|
EFS
|
economic farm surplus
|
| ELT |
Executive Leadership Team |
| EIA |
Environmental Impact Assessment |
| ELISA |
Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay |
| ELR |
Environmental Loading Ratio |
| EM |
electromagnetic (induction or survey) |
| EMA |
Emergy Analysis |
| EMS |
Environmental
Management System |
| ENSO |
El
Niño–Southern Oscillation |
| Er |
Energy Efficiency Ratio |
| ER |
Evapo-transpiration Ratio |
| Es |
soil evaporation |
| ESI |
Emergy Sustainability
Index |
| ET |
Embryo transfer |
| ET, ETP |
Evapo-transpiration |
| EYR |
Emergy Yield
Ratio |
| F |
Imported flows or outside resources in emergy calculations |
|
°F
|
Fahrenheit degrees
|
|
F&F
|
fat and forward
|
|
FCE
|
Feed Conversion
Efficiency
|
|
FCM
|
fat corrected milk (4%)
|
|
Fe
|
iron
|
| FFSC |
Farm
Financial Standards Council |
|
FH
|
freehold
|
|
fl
|
fluid
|
|
fob
|
free on board
|
|
for
|
free on rail
|
| FMD |
Farm
Management
Deposit |
| FMD |
Foot
and Mouth Disease |
|
FR (Frs)
|
Friesian(s) (A breed of cattle)
|
| FSR |
Farming Systems Research |
| FV |
Future
Value |
|
FW
|
fresh weight
|
|
g
|
gram
|
| G x E x M |
Interaction of genotype,
environment and management |
| GAP |
Good Agricultural Practice |
| GDP |
Gross
Domestic Product |
|
gf
|
green feed
|
| Ggt fungus |
Gaeumanomyces
graminis var.
tritici (Take-all) |
| GHG |
Greenhouse gas |
|
gi
|
generation interval
|
|
GI
|
gross income
or gastrointestinal
|
| GIS |
Geographic
Information System. |
|
GM
|
gross margin
|
| GMO |
Genetically Modified Organisms |
| GNP |
Gross
National Product |
| GPS |
Global
Positioning System |
| GSR |
Growing season rainfall |
| GST |
Goods and Services Tax |
|
GW
|
green weight
|
| h |
Hour |
|
ha
|
hectare
|
| HACCP |
Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point |
|
hb (HB)
|
herringbone
|
| HCW |
hot carcass weight - see under carcass weight |
|
HD
|
high density
|
| HEIA |
High external input agriculture |
| HEL |
Highly erodible land |
|
Hfd
|
Hereford (A breed of cattle)
|
|
HFMR
|
high fat milk replacer
|
|
Hfr
|
heifer
|
| HGP |
Hormonal
Growth
Promotant |
|
Hgt
|
hogget
|
|
hp
|
horsepower
|
| HSCW |
Hot Standard Carcass
Weight - see under carcass
weight |
| HSM |
Hard-systems methodology |
|
HT
|
high tensile
|
| HUM |
Humus |
|
hz
|
hertz
|
|
I
|
iodine
|
| IAA |
lndolacetic
Acid |
|
IC
|
in calf
|
| ICM |
Integrated Catchment Management |
| IGR |
Insect Growth Regulator |
| im |
intramuscular |
| in vitro |
outside
the living body and in an artificial environment |
| in vivo |
inside
the living body of a plant or animal |
| ip |
intraperitoneal |
| IPM |
Integrated
Pest
Management |
| IRR |
Internal
Rate of
Return |
| IT |
Information Technology |
| ITC |
isothiocyanates |
| iv |
intravenous |
| IWM |
Integrated weed management |
|
J
|
Jersey (breed of dairy cattle)
|
|
J
|
joule
|
|
K
|
potassium (potash)
|
|
kg
|
kilogram
|
|
kJ
|
kilojoule
|
|
km
|
kilometre
|
|
kPa
|
kilopascal
|
|
kW
|
kilowatt
|
|
kWh
|
kilowatt
hour
|
| l L |
Litre |
| LAI |
Leaf
Area Index |
| LC50 |
concentration
that kills 50% of the test population of organisms |
| LCA |
Life Cycle Analysis |
|
Ld
|
low density
|
| LD50 |
dosage
of chemical that kills 50% of the test
population of organisms |
| LEAF |
Linking Environment And Farming |
| LED |
Light-emitting diode |
|
LH
|
leasehold
|
| LER |
Land Equivalent Ratio |
|
LIP
|
lease in perpetuity
|
| LL |
lower limit |
| LL |
Liberty Link |
| LOEL |
Lowest
Observed Effect Level |
| LRAD |
Land Redistribution for Agricultural Development (South
Africa) |
|
LP
|
lambing
percentage
|
| LP |
Linear
programming |
| LSU |
Livestock Unit (see DSE) |
|
LW
|
live weight
|
|
LWG
|
live-weight gain
|
| Ltd |
Limited
(Company) |
|
m
|
metre
|
|
MA
|
mixed age
|
| MAC |
minimum
algistatic concentration |
|
mb
|
millibar
|
|
MC
|
moisture content
|
| MC |
Marginal
Cost |
|
ME
|
metabolisable energy
|
|
MF
|
milk fat
|
| mg |
milligram |
|
Mg
|
magnesium
|
| MIC |
Marginal
Input Cost |
| µ (g,
l, m) |
micro (gram, litre, metre) |
| min |
minute |
|
mj
|
megajoule
|
|
MJME
|
megajoules metabolisable energy
|
|
ml, mL
|
millilitre
|
|
mm
|
millimetre
|
| mM |
millimolar |
|
MMT
|
milking machine test (report)
|
|
MO
|
molybdenum
|
| MOE |
margin of exposure |
| MOU |
Memorandum of Understanding |
| MPP |
Marginal
Physical Product |
| MR |
Marginal
Revenue |
| MRL |
Maximum
residue limit |
| MRS |
Marginal
Rate of Substitution |
|
MS
|
mixed sex
|
| MSDS |
Material
Safety Data Sheet |
| MVP |
Marginal
Value
Product |
|
N
|
nitrogen
|
|
Na
|
sodium
|
| ND |
Newcastle Disease |
| NDV |
Newcastle Disease Virus |
| NFI |
Net
Farm Income |
| ng |
nanogram |
| NOEC |
No
Observed Effect Concentration |
| NOEL |
No
Observed Effect Level |
| NOL |
Net
Operating Loss |
|
NPK
|
nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium ratio (fertiliser)
|
| NPV |
Net
Present Value |
| NSM |
Not
Station Mated |
|
O
|
oxygen
|
| OH&S |
occupational health and
safety |
| OJD |
Ovine Johne-s Disease |
|
OM
|
organic matter
|
| OT |
Ovum
Transfer |
| OWS |
Old World Screw-worm Fly |
|
P
|
phosphorous
|
|
Pa
|
Pascal
|
|
PA
|
polled Angus (A breed of cattle)
|
| PAM |
Polyacrylamide |
| PBR |
Plant Breeder's Rights |
|
PCN
|
potato cyst nematode
|
| PD |
Pregnancy
diagnosis |
| PDF |
Portable Document Format |
|
pH
|
Potential Hydrogen
- a measure of acidity (7.0 = neutral)
|
| POEM |
Predictive Operator
Exposure Model |
| POP |
Persistent Organic Pollutants |
| PPB, ppb |
parts
per billion |
| PPC |
Production
Possibility Curve |
| PPE |
personal
protective equipment |
| PPM, ppm |
parts
per million |
| PTIC |
Pregnancy
Tested
In Calf |
|
PTO
|
power take off
|
| Pty |
Proprietary
Company |
| PVC |
polyvinyl chloride (a
widely used plastic) |
| QA |
Quality Assurance |
| QMS |
Quality Management Systems |
|
R1 (2,
3)
|
Rising 1 (2, 3) year old
|
| R&D |
Research and Development |
| RGT |
Rye
Grass Toxicity |
|
RH
|
Relative humidity or Right Hand
|
|
RHS
|
rectangular hollow section or Right Hand Side
|
|
RM
|
relative maturity
|
| RMT |
Rapid
Mastitis Test |
|
Rom
|
Romney (A breed of sheep)
|
|
RSJ
|
rolled steel joist
|
| RMT |
Rapid Mastitis Test. A simple test
to detect a form of mastitis not visible to the eye. (Subclinical) |
| ROA |
Return
On Assets |
| ROE |
Return
On Equity |
| ROI |
Return
On Investment |
|
RWB
|
run with bull
|
|
RWR
|
run with ram
|
|
S
|
sulphur
|
| s |
second |
| sc |
subcutaneous |
|
scc
|
somatic
cell count
|
| S.
C. R. |
Silicon
controlled rectifier. |
|
SD
|
Southdown (A breed of sheep)
|
|
SD
|
selection
differential
|
|
SD
|
standard deviation
|
|
SE
|
standard error
|
|
SE
|
starch equivalent
|
| SEP |
Sire
Evaluation Plan |
|
SH
|
Shorthorn (A breed of cattle)
|
|
Shn
|
shorn
|
|
SMP
|
skim milk powder
|
|
SNF
|
solids
not fat
|
| SOI |
Southern
Oscillation Index |
| SPS |
Sanitary and Phyto Sanitary |
|
ss
|
stainless steel
|
| SSC |
Secondary
sexual characteristics |
|
Std
|
standard
|
|
Str
|
steer
|
| SWF |
Screw Worm Fly |
| TSE |
Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies |
|
TB
|
tuberculosis
|
| TC |
Total
Cost |
| TCM |
Total
Catchment
Management |
| TFC |
Total
Fixed Cost |
| TPP |
Total
Physical
Product |
| TR |
Total
Revenue |
| TCP |
Total
Value Product |
| TVC |
Total
Variable Cost |
|
2, 4, 6th
|
2, 4, 6 tooth (see Ageing
of sheep)
|
| us, U/S |
Unservicable |
| v |
Velocity |
|
Vol.
|
volume
|
| VDR |
Voltage
dependent resistor |
| VM |
Vegetable
matter |
|
4 (2) WD
|
4 (2) wheel drive
|
|
Weth
|
wether
|
|
WF
|
white-faced
|
|
wt
|
weight
|
|
WP
|
wettable powder
|
|
WSP
|
winter saved pasture
|
| WSSV |
Whitespot Syndrome Virus |
|
Wth
|
wether
|
|
w/v
|
Weight for volume
|
|
w/w
|
Weight for weight
|
|
YFC
|
young farmers' club
|
|
Yrl
|
yearling
|
|
YS
|
young stock
|
|
Zn
|
zinc
|
