The 2012 Beef and Sheep Conference took place in South Africa. Two venues were used for the internal workshop and the public Global Forum:
- Bakubung (Pilanesberg National Park) for the internal sheep and beef workshops.
- Pretoria (region) for the beef field trip and the Public Forum.
The Conference was jointly organised by the following institutions:
- National Agricultural Marketing Council (NAMC), Pretoria
- University of the Free State (UFS), Bloemfontein
- National Wool Growers Association (NWGA), Middelburg
- agri benchmark Centre