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Commonly Used Acronyms in this Document

AAFC . . . . . Agriculture and Agri-food Canada

AF . . . . . . . Alberta Agriculture and Food

AFFRM . . . . Alberta Farm Fertilizer Information

and Recommendation Manager

AGRASID . . . Agricultural Region of Alberta Soil

Inventory Database

AOPA . . . . . Agricultural Operation Practices Act

APEGGA . . . Association of Professional Engineers,

Geologists and Geophysicists of Alberta

ASIV . . . . . . Alberta Soil Information Viewer

CCA . . . . . . Certified Crop Advisors

CCE . . . . . . Calcium Carbonate Equivalent

CEC . . . . . . Cation Exchange Capacity

CFO . . . . . . Confined Feeding Operation

EC . . . . . . . Electrical Conductivity

ENR . . . . . . Estimated Nitrogen Release

GPS . . . . . . Global Positioning System

IR . . . . . . . Investment Ratio

NMP . . . . . . Nutrient Management Plan

NRCB . . . . . Natural Resources Conservation Board

NSERL. . . . . National Soil Erosion Laboratory

MMP . . . . . . Manure Management Planner

PAMI. . . . . . Prairie Agricultural Machinery

Institute

PFRA . . . . . Prairie Farm Rehabilitation

Administration

RUSLE . . . . . Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation

SAR . . . . . . Sodium Adsorption Ratio

SBU . . . . . . Seed Bed Utilization

SI . . . . . . . . Salt Index

USDA-ARS . . Agricultural Research Service of the

US Department of Agriculture

USLE. . . . . . Universal Soil Loss Equation

VFB . . . . . . Vegetative Field Borders

VFS . . . . . . Vegetative Filter Strips

WEPP . . . . . Water Erosion Prediction Project