The 2012 Beef and Sheep Conference took place in South Africa. Two venues were used for the internal workshop and the public Global Forum:

1. Bakubung (Pilanesberg National Park) for the internal sheep and beef workshops.
2. Pretoria (region) for the beef field trip and the Public Forum.

The Conference was jointly organised by the following institutions:

1. National Agricultural Marketing Council (NAMC), Pretoria
2. University of the Free State (UFS), Bloemfontein
3. National Wool Growers Association (NWGA), Middelburg
4. agri benchmark Centre