| AACo | Australian Agricultural Company |
| ABA | Australian Beef Association |
| ABARES | Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences |
| ABC | Australian Broadcasting Corporation |
| ACC | Australian Country Choice |
| ACCC | Australian Competition and Consumer Commission |
| ACDA | Australian Council of Deans of Agriculture |
| ACIAR | Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research |
| ACMF | Australian Chicken Meat Federation |
| ADF | Australian Dairy Farmers |
| ADHD | Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder |
| ADI | Acceptable Daily Intake |
| AFGC | Australian Food and Grocery Council |
| AFSA | Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance |
| ALFA | Australian Lot Feeders’ Association |
| AMH | Australian Meat Holdings |
| APVMA | Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority |
| AQIS | Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service |
| ARMCANZ | Agriculture and Resource Management Council of Australia and New Zealand |
| AUSFTA | Australia–United States Free Trade Agreement |
| AWB | Australian Wheat Board |
| BAS | Business Activity Statement |
| BHP | Broken Hill Proprietary Company |
| BRD | Bovine Respiratory Disease |
| BSE | Bovine spongiform encephalopathy |
| Bt | Bacillus thuringiensis |
| CEO | Chief Executive Officer |
| COFCO | China Oil and Food Corporation |
| CPC | Consolidated Pastoral Company |
| CSA | Community-supported agriculture |
| CSIRO | Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation |
| CSR | Colonial Sugar Refining Company |
| DDT | dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane |
| DNA | deoxyribonucleic acid |
| EFN | Environmental Farmers Network |
| EU | European Union |
| EYCI | Eastern Young Cattle Indicator |
| FAO | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |
| FDA | (US) Food and Drug Administration |
| FMD | Foot and Mouth Disease |
| FSANZ | Food Standards Australia New Zealand |
| GDP | Gross Domestic Product |
| GM | Genetically modified |
| GMO | Genetically Modified Organism |
| GRDC | Grains Research and Development Corporation |
| GTR | Gene Technology Regulator |
| HGH | Human Growth Hormone |
| HGP | Hormonal Growth Promotant |
| HIV | Human immunodeficiency virus |
| IFAD | (UN) International Fund for Agricultural Development |
| IGA | Independent Grocers of Australia |
| IMF | International Monetary Fund |
| JBS | José Batista Sobrinho |
| JETACAR | The Joint Expert Technical Advisory Committee on Antibiotic Resistance |
| KFC | Kentucky Fried Chicken |
| MDB | Murray–Darling Basin |
| MLA | Meat & Livestock Australia |
| MRL | Maximum Residue Limits |
| NAPCO | North Australian Pastoral Company |
| NFF | National Farmers’ Federation |
| NRS | National Residue Survey |
| NTN | National Toxics Network |
| OECD | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| PCBs | Polychlorinated biphenyls |
| PEM | polioencephalomalacia |
| pH | potential hydrogen |
| Plc | Public Limited Company |
| PMSEIC | Prime Minister’s Science, Engineering and Innovation Council |
| POPs | Persistent Organic Pollutants |
| pST | porcine somatotropin |
| R&D | Research and development |
| RIRDC | Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation |
| RSPCA | Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals |
| SE | Salmonella enteritidis |
| SPC | Shepparton Preserving Company |
| UHT | Ultra-high Temperature Treatment |
| UK | United Kingdom |
| UN | United Nations |
| US | United States |
| WTO | World Trade Organization |