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Dock and Load – Southern Farmer

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By BRAD HAIRE

U.S. farm exports are experiencing a golden age, but Jerry Hingle says that open door of global opportunity for U.S. agriculture could narrow or even close if not properly maintained. Many countries are looking to squeeze through it ahead of the U.S., if given the chance. “Right now we are blowing and going strong overseas. … And we need to keep riding that wave,” says Hingle, executive director of the Southern United States Trade Association who is based in New Orleans.

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Hingle, SUSTA’s Executive Director, Reappointed to Key U.S. International Trade Position to Influence National Policy, Help Local Companies Go Global

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The Southern United States Trade Association (SUSTA) announced today that its executive director, Jerry Hingle, has been reappointed to a key U.S. international trade role as a member of the Agricultural Technical Advisory Committee for Trade (ATAC). The position allows the local non-profit organization to help shape U.S. international trade policy and give companies in Louisiana and throughout the region headway in international markets.

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Trade Association Applauds National Export Initiative

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SUSTA Joins Effort to Grow U.S. Exports

NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 12 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The Southern United States Trade Association (SUSTA) fully supports the federal government’s National Export Initiative, which aims to double U.S. exports over the next five years, and the trade association’s uniquely successful export development programs can help meet that goal.

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