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How to support Australian producers when planning Christmas lunch
AS the festive season draws closer, Austral- ia’s supply of popular Christmas foods is plen- tiful even with disrup- tions to the food sector due to the pandemic.
local trend will see Aus- tralians opt for locally made goods.
dynamic), and how it is brined and smoked.
wrapped right up until Christmas Day.
the majority of ham and bacon in this country is made using imported pork,” Ms Andrae said.
Predictions are for record demand this Christmas as interna- tional travel restrictions keep Australians at home.
A leg of ham with the bone in can cost as low as $50 and as much as $250 – depending on weight, how the pig was raised (free-range, organic, bio-
“It’s best to think ahead and this is our recom- mendation particularly for hams, which can be bought now and kept fresh while vacuum-
The Australian pork in- dustry usually contends with cheaper imports, but the pandemic and bush- fires have levelled the playing field, with many Australians supporting local producers.
Tips and guides on se- lecting cuts and the best ways to cook pork, in- cluding recipes, can be found at www.pork.com.
Taking off after the bushfires and continuing during the pandemic, producers hope the buy-
“It’s unfortunate that
auPig producer Tim Kingma from Gunpork farm in Victoria said, “If you go for a ham with the bone still in it that means it will usually be Australian.”
Australian Pork Limited chief executive officer Margo Andrae.
Pig producer Tim Kingma from Gunpork farm in Victoria.
Australia’s pork in- dustry is confident it can bring home the bacon this Christmas, provided all meatworks continue to operate under COVID- normal conditions.
Australian Pork Lim- ited chief executive of- ficer Margo Andrae said, “Ham and pork are popular Christmas centrepieces, so prices can sometimes increase closer to Christmas.”
“You can also put your orders in for any pork products with your local butcher to avoid disap- pointment.”
“However, we are also anticipating a renewed enthusiasm for Australian consumers to want to choose Australian-grown produce this Christmas.”
There is renewed enthusiasm for Australian-grown produce this Christmas.
Another trick is to buy a ham from a butcher who does their own smoking, for a more unique tasting meat – different tech- niques and woodchips can bring out delicious flavours.
“The smaller pack- aged hams are usually imported, so if you are buying a smaller piece and you want it to be Australian then you just need to look at the label- ling,” Mr Kingma said.
Pump more solids with fewer problems
AN abattoir in NSW As the cattle were includesanobstruction- system are available
had installed the industry-leading Gorman-Rupp Super T Series pump for handling their waste- water stream, which included paunch ma- terial.
being hand-fed, large volumes of undigested hay also meant the pump had a huge in- crease in stringy mate- rials to handle.
free cover plate, a wear plate equipped with a number of notches and grooves, as well as a patented ‘lacerating tooth’.
in sizes from 3” or 80mm through to 10” or 250mm, with flows from only a few li- tres per second up to 200L/s, and with pres- sures to 90m.
The pump was a self- priming trash pump, which has been installed in varying sizes in many similar applications around the country and the world, however in this particular applica- tion the pump experi- enced two issues.
These circumstances caused an unusu- ally high incidence of blockages and also pre- mature wear of the im- peller and wear plate.
The lacerating tooth helps to break up stringy materials and pass them through the pump, without im- pacting performance or interrupting service.
Pumps can operate on suction lifts to 7.5m and are safe and easy for operators to maintain.
Because of drought, cattle were eating closer to the ground and ingesting dirt, grit and gravel, giving the pump much more abrasive material to handle.
The team at Hydro In- novations – distributors of the Gorman-Rupp pump range – recom- mended the plant install an ‘Eradicator’ upgrade kit, with a hardened wear plate and upgrade the impeller to a hard- ened option.
The result was an al- most total eradication of all blockages.
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A solution was needed to enable the pumping of more solids with fewer problems.
The internal parts are hardened to 400 Brinell, which helps to resist the abrasive action of the pumped media.
One operator and two spanners are all it takes to perform main- tenance, and to clear chokes and block- ages on Gorman-Rupp above-ground pumps.
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Additionally, the in- ternal parts last much longer than when ‘standard’ materials are fitted.
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Anpro does not bind dietary minerals
Anpro is an adsorbent that can help mitigate the potentially harmful effects associated with the presence of sec- ondary fungal metabo- lites found in feed and raw materials.
Samples of Anpro were tested for their ef- fect of binding minerals in vitro by Alimetrics in Finland.
MOULD growth in forage, feed and bed- ding on farm, both pre and post-harvest, is a common problem that results in loss of nu- trients, reduced feed intake and production of secondary fungal metabolites, or myco- toxins.
livestock worldwide has been extensively researched and is rec- ognised as a major con- cern for the health and welfare of the animals, as well as for efficient production.
Mycotoxins can cause liver damage, immu- nosuppression and in- crease susceptibility to diseases.
This must be consid- ered in the choice of adsorbent used.
Three doses of binder were used: 0.1 percent, 0.5 percent and 1.0 per- cent at both pH 2.5 and pH 6.5.
Mycotoxicosis in
Adsorbents used to counter the negative impacts of mycotoxins may have undesir- able consequences of binding other nutrients from the daily ration.
Trial design
Effect of Anpro on Mieral Binding at pH 2.5 and 6.5
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The macro minerals assessed were potas- sium (K), calcium (Ca), magnesium (Mg), so- dium (Na) and phos- phorus (P).
Results
There was no effect of Anpro on the recovery of minerals from the solution.
That is, Anpro did not bind any of the min- erals at any dose or ei- ther pH tested.
A broad spectrum, low inclusion control system for feed quality management, Anpro ad- sorbents are effective at reducing the contami- nation of secondary fungal metabolites from moulds and do not bind dietary minerals.
A npro is a cost ef- fective, broad spectrum mycotoxin management tool, even at low inclu- sion levels.
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