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Recipe
Cook time 50 min Serves 8
Raspberry almond muffins
Ingredients
• 250g self-raising flour
• 100g ground almonds
• 150g caster sugar
• 1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
• 3 eggs
• 300ml buttermilk
• Zest of a lemon or orange
• 1 vanilla bean, seeds scraped or
1tsp of vanilla extract
• 100ml olive or other vegetable oil
• 250g fresh or frozen raspberries, plus
extra to top
• Flaked almonds, to top
Method
1. Preheat oven to 180C. Line a muffin tray with muffin liners and set aside.
2. In a large bowl, combine the flour,
ground almonds, sugar and bicarbonate of soda.
3. In another bowl whisk together the eggs with the buttermilk, zest, vanilla and oil until smooth.
4. Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and mix until just combined. Gently stir in the raspberries and divide the batter amongst 8 muffin liners.
5. Top each muffin with 3 raspberries and a scattering of flaked almonds.
6. Bake in the preheated oven for 30 minutes or until a skewer comes out clean when inserted.
7. Allow to cool for a few minutes in the tin then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
Recipe by Julia Busuttil
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Cobb seminar targets growing Australasia market
COBB recently hosted its 2019 Pacific Techni- cal Seminar in Sydney.
During the two-day event, Cobb technical specialists discussed the latest in best management practices for breeders, hatcheries, broilers and nutrition.
Cobb Asia-Pacific man- aging director Fred H. Kao said, “Australasia is a growing market and one we’re investing in from a Cobb perspective.”
“With the completion of Cobb New Zealand, we have even more to of-
fer the customers in this region, and we’re thank- ful for the opportunity to showcase Cobb’s in- novation and support in person.”
The Cobb Pacific Tech- nical Seminar is a bien- nial event tailored for the Australasia market.
It is designed to provide customers with the tools and information needed to be successful in the poultry business.
The 45 customers at- tending the seminar came from Australia, New Zea- land, Papua New Guinea
and Fiji and learnt about topics such as incubation and biosecurity.
Jorge Ruiz, general manager of the livestock division at Baiada Poul- try found the sessions solutions-focused, taking away insights he can use in his own operation.
“It was great learning about the impact of cuti- cles in preventing bacte- rial infection, as well as the importance of proper egg handling prior to in- cubation,” Ruiz said.
In addition to technical presentations, the semi-
nar provides hands-on learning and an oppor- tunity for customers to build relationships with each other.
Cobb World Technical Support breeder special- ist Winfridus Bakker said, “We enjoy sharing our expertise with cus- tomers in this region, but it’s equally important for them to have a venue to learn from each other.”
“This seminar serves both purposes.”
The next Cobb Pacific Technical Seminar will be held in 2021.
New laws streamline agvet regs
NEW laws streamlin- ing the regulation of agvet chemicals while strengthening protec- tions for the safety of humans, animals and the environment were intro- duced into Parliament recently.
Minister for Agriculture Bridget McKenzie said the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority Board and Other Improvements Bill 2019 would improve the efficiency of the APVMA and promote quicker ac- cess to chemical products.
“These amendments are simple, non-controversial changes introduced to im- prove the efficiency of the agvet chemical regulatory framework, which will in turn increase the speed to
which farmers can access safe and effective chemi- cals,” Minister McKenzie said.
“A key measure in the Bill is the provision of incentives to include more uses on chemical product labels that would not ordi- narily be registered.
“Improving access to chemicals already in use by our overseas competi- tors will help Australian farmers improve produc- tivity and international competitiveness.
“Importantly, it will also improve our ability to manage weeds of na- tional significance that are a threat to our envi- ronment.”
Minister McKenzie said the government had re- cently announced Mr Ken
Matthews would chair a comprehensive review of the whole legislative framework from first- principles.
“This new Bill, however, brings forward more ro- bust governance arrange- ments for the APVMA that reflect modern best practice for ensuring the accountability and per- formance of the regula- tor,” Minister McKenzie said.
“This Bill supports this critical outcome by es- tablishing an APVMA Board.
“I look forward to this Bill receiving full support in both Houses in Par- liament because a more efficient regulator will de- liver flow-on benefits to farmers.”
Thai chicken sales to China rocket due to swine fever
THAI poultry exports to China have surged eight-fold this year as an outbreak of deadly African swine fever in the world’s biggest con- sumer of pork stokes a rush to source alterna- tive meat supplies.
The disease, nearly 100 percent fatal to pigs and highly contagious with no vaccine, though not harm- ful to humans, has wiped out nearly 40 percent of the pig herd in China since the first outbreak in August 2018.
The virus has since spread across Asia, with South Korea the latest country affected.
of this year, up from 4100 tonnes last year.”
Demand for Thai poul- try could potentially grow further, even after the surge of more than 700 percent, with prices rang- ing from $4000 to $5000 per tonne.
Kukrit said Seven facto- ries in Thailand currently sell to China, with buy- ers inspecting additional plants that could increase sales.
The association’s mem- bers, which include CP Foods Pcl, Betagro Pcl and privately owned Car- gill as members, operate a total of 20 factories.
Though still dwarfed by the scale of China’s mar- ket, imports from suppli- ers including Brazil have jumped.
Imports of chicken in July were 68,221 tonnes,
up 39 percent from a year ago, according to Chinese customs data.
Kukrit said Thailand only regained meat ex- port access to the Chinese market in March 2018, having been barred since 2004 because of bird flu outbreaks.
“At first, Chinese cus- tomers were not familiar with Thai products, but later realised it was good quality and wanted more,” Kukrit said.
The boost from the Chi- nese market pushed over- all exports to growth of 9.8 percent in the Janu- ary-July period versus the same period a year earlier.
Japan remains the lead- ing importer of Thai poul- try shipments, account- ing for about half of total overseas sales or 400,000 tonnes per year.
Thai Broiler Process-
ing Exporters Association manager Kukrit Arep- agorn said: “We exported 33,500 tonnes (to China)
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