agrarian leader Trøndelag Agrarian
He was a board member from 1984 to 1999, serving as chairman for the last eight years. The organization merged with Norske Meieriers Salgssentral in 1999 to form the cooperative Tine. He was a neighbor of politician and agrarian leader Johan Syrstad in Meldal.
He was a board member of Sør-Trøndelag Agrarian Association from 1975, and advanced to chairman from 1979 to 1984. He was also a deputy board member of the Norwegian Agrarian Association from 1981 to 1984, being board member from 1985 and chairman from 1987 to 1991. In 1983 he became a supervisory council member of Norske Melkeprodusenters Landsforbund.
Syrstad was also a board member of Trøndelag Meieri.
