The Maltsters’ Association of Great Britain
Date: 16th-17th November 2026
Venue: Camgrain, Cambridge
Cost:
£450 + VAT for MAGB members,
£600 + VAT for non-MAGB members
Fees do not include hotel, but covers the course meals.
Registration: Members book by 31st October 2026 via the training registration form here
This event will cover aspects of the malting industry from barley breeding to intake of the crop at a maltings, and delve into how malting quality is affected by the raw material. The event will be hosted by experienced industry personnel, with speakers from across the malting barley chain.
Ideal attendees would be from both the malting industry and associated trades involved in the barley raw material, plus individuals who want to increase their knowledge of the malting industry.
Download programme here
Date: 16th/17th November 2026
DAY 1: 16th November 2026:
Session 1 – Chair: Allan Rushton, Technical Manager, MAGB
1000: Welcome, coffee and registration
1020: Camgrain Safety and welcome – Dan Parrott, Operations Director, Camgrain Stores
1030 – 1100: MAGB Insight/Updates – Julian South / Kathryn Hamlen
1100 – 1130: Red Tractor insights – Annie Rogers, Red Tractor
1130 – 1230: Breeding cereals for the Malting world – Tracy Creasy, RAGT
1230 – 1315 : Lunch
Session 2 – Chair: Julian South, CEO, MAGB
1315 – 1415: Net zero malting barley: what it takes on the farm, and how to achieve it. – Joshua Dewing, Roots Agri Ltd.
1415: Panel Qs and As with Tracy Creasy/Joshua Dewing
1430 -1530: Why grow cereals in the current climate – Camgrain Growers
1530 – 1545: Coffee
1545 – 1645: The UK /World markets for barley and other cereals and the outlook for the next five years – Jonathan Arnold, Robin Appel
1645 – 1700: Panel Qs and As with Farmers/Jonathan Arnold
DAY 2: 17th November 2026:
Session 3 – Chair: Site tour
0900 – 1145: Site tour of Camgrain facilities at Cambridge and Linton (malting barley store)
Return to Cambridge for feedback over coffee – Dan Parrott, Operations Director, Camgrain
1145 – 1230: The new MAGB qualification, Fundamentals in Raw Materials (FIRM) – Graham Taylor, Horizon Assessments Ltd.
1230 – 1315: Lunch
Session 4 – Chair: Kathryn Hamlen, Deputy Executive Director, MAGB
1315 – 1415: Managing cereals from the field to the intake of the maltings – Allan Rushton, Technical Manager, MAGB
1415 – 1515: The impact of cereals to the processing of quality malt – Andrew Holding, Simpsons Malt
1515: Coffee
1530 – 1545: Panel discussion on new malting qualification and management of the raw material for malting.
1545 – 1600: Closing remarks – Julian South, CEO, MAGB