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 |