| ABA |
Australian Beef Association |
| ABARES |
Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics |
| ACC |
Australian Country Choice |
| ACCC |
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission |
| ACL |
Australian Consumer Law |
| AFI |
Australian Farm Institute |
| AGM |
Annual General Meeting |
| AGMIN |
Agriculture Ministers meeting |
| ALEC |
Australian Live Exporters' Council |
| ALFA |
Australian Lot Feeders' Association |
| ALMA |
Australian Livestock Markets Association |
| ALPA |
Australian Livestock and Property Agents Association |
| AMIC |
Australian Meat Industry Council |
| AMILSC |
Australian Meat Industry Language and Standards Committee |
| AMLC |
Australian Meat and Livestock Corporation |
| AMPC |
Australian Meat Processor Corporation |
| AMPG |
Australian Meat Producers Group |
| ANAO |
Australian National Audit Office |
| BSE |
bovine spongiform encephalopathy |
| CCA |
Cattle Council of Australia |
| CCP |
Concerned Cattle Producers |
| CTL |
Cattle Transaction Levy |
| Department |
Department of Agriculture and Water Resources |
| DEXA |
Dual Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry (technology) |
| EY |
Ernst and Young |
| FMD |
foot-and-mouth disease |
| LIA |
Leadership in Agricultural Industries' (fund) |
| LiveCorp |
Australian Livestock Export Corporation Ltd |
| MDC |
MLA Donor Company Ltd |
| MISP |
Meat Industry Strategic Plan |
| MLA |
Meat and Livestock Australia |
| MOU |
Memorandum of Understanding |
| MSA |
Meat Standards Australia |
| NAMI |
North American Meat Institute |
| NFF |
National Farmers Federation |
| NLIS |
National Livestock Identification System |
| NLRS |
National Livestock Reporting Service |
| NPG |
Northern Pastoral Group |
| NTCA |
Northern Territory Cattlemen's Association |
| OCM |
objective carcase measurement |
| OTH |
over the hook/s |
| PC |
Productivity Commission |
| PGA |
Pastoralists and Graziers Association of Western Australia |
| PIC |
Peak Industry Council |
| RDC |
Research and Development Corporation |
| R&D |
Research and development |
| RMAC |
Red Meat Advisory Council |
| SCA |
Sheepmeat Council of Australia |
| SFO |
State Farming Organisation |
| USDA |
United States Department of Agriculture |
| VFF |
Victorian Farmers Federation |