Spring Malting Barley Conference

The Southern Spring Malting Barley Conference will be held on Tuesday 3rd December 2024 at our usual venue, The Norton Park Hotel, Norton Park, Sutton Scotney, Winchester, SO21 3NB. Click here to view the venue.

Registration, breakfast pastries and coffee from 09:15 The meeting will commence at 10:00

Lunch will be provided, and the conference will close at 15:15 with tea and cake.

If you are growing spring malting barley in the South and West, this is an event not to be missed. We bring together expertise in the subjects of crop breeding, crop management, crop marketing and (vitally) the requirements of the end user. The perspective ranges from local to global as we review and learn from trials information gathered over several years on our own soil types in Hampshire, Wiltshire, and Dorset, but also consider the global forces which shape the market we seek to satisfy.

Contributors will include –

Jack Watts (Head of Sustainability – NFU) – The impact of the new government, food price inflation and the need for a resilient and sustainable food and farming system.

Francois Sonneville (Head of Beverages – Rabobank) – The current global and UK drinks market and how this will shape demand for malting barley.

Kathryn Hamlen (Seeds Marketing Manager – Syngenta) – Current and new varieties.

Kristina Grenz (Senior Cereal Product Quality Scientist – AHDB) – Ergot: reducing the severity and occurrence.

Jonathan Arnold (Director – Robin Appel Ltd) – Global malting supply, current markets, and prospects for 2025.

Rob Jackson (Seeds Technical Specialist – Syngenta)  – Will discuss local trial results with a review of spring barley agronomy.

We look forward to seeing you there.

BASIS and NRoSO points available.