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Farm Bill matters to Louisiana

Originally posted on theadvocate.com – 6/3/2013 The Farm Bill making its way through Congress is important to everyone living and working in Louisiana because it provides critical support to a pillar of our state’s economy: international trade. The bill helps keep the doors open to exports of America’s food and agriculture, including the more than $25

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Jerry Hingle: Farm Bill important to Florida

Originally posted on articles.sun-sentinel.com – 6/2/13 The Farm Bill currently making its way through Congress is important to everyone who lives and works in Florida because it provides critical support to one of the pillars of the state’s economy: international trade. The bill helps keep the doors open to exports of America’s food and agriculture. In

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Spice king: How a New Orleans food firm went global

Originally posted on bbc.com – 4/28/13 Paul Prudhomme is one of America’s most famous chefs – he has cooked for Presidents Ronald Reagan and George W Bush, and has won almost every fine-dining culinary award that the United States has to offer. But here in an industrial suburb of New Orleans, far away from the white

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Wine exports surge…from Florida and New Jersey?

Originally posted on economy.money.cnn.com – 3/15/13 The last few years have been ripe for U.S. vintners. Wine exports have surged 64% since 2007.   While most exports still come from California, other states are getting in on the game. New York has long been known for its growing wine industry, but Florida and New Jersey are nursing start-up

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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

Originally posted on Reuters.com – 9/21/2011 Hingle, SUSTA’s Executive Director, Reappointed to Key U.S. International Trade Position to Influence National Policy, Help Local Companies Go Global 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

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Five Reason Georgia Food Exports Are Skyrocketing

Originally posted on globalatlanta.com – 12/20/12 When Ron Kirk addressed the Metro Atlanta Chamber this month, there likely wasn’t a farmer in the room. Yet one of the brightest statements woven into the U.S. trade rep’s speech on national problems like the fiscal cliff and K-12 education was his assessment of agricultural exports. Even with a historic drought, America is on pace

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World Trade Negotiations Stall, Affecting U.S. Exporters

Originally posted on prnewswire.com “Each time a country lowers its import tariffs, we see an immediate and direct increase in interest in that country for food and agricultural products from our region. I can only imagine the boon to our industry if tariffs were reined in globally.” -Southern U.S. Trade Association Executive Director Jerry Hingle NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 7

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‘Made in Mississippi’ has strong future in value-added ag exports, trade group says

Originally posted on msbusiness.com – 1/24/14 The appetite for Mississippi’s packaged agricultural products overseas is expected to grow along with packaged produce from other Southern states over the next decade. This presents potentially lucrative opportunities for Mississippi’s small specialty farmers and packagers, says Jerry Hingle, executive director of the Southern United States Trade Association, a non-profit

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