COMMISSIONER SID MILLER URGES CAUTION AS MORE TEXANS RECEIVE CHINESE MYSTERY SEED PACKAGE
Friday, February 7, 2025, Today, Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller announced new reports of unsolicited seed packages arriving across Texas from Chinese vendors. The Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA) is working swiftly to safely collect these packages and ensure they are delivered to the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) for inspection. One Texan reported ordering a dog toy from the Chinese vendor TEMU, only to receive a package of seeds instead. With the total number of reported packages now at five statewide, Texans are urged to exercise caution when opening any unexpected packages from China.  [More]

COMMISSIONER SID MILLER SAYS MYSTERY SEED PACKAGES FROM CHINA ARE BACK
Wednesday, February 5, 2025, Today, Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller urges all Texans to exercise extreme caution if they receive unsolicited packages containing unknown seeds or liquids. The Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA) has recently been alerted to a mystery package delivered to Clute, TX, containing unidentified seeds and a liquid container sent unsolicited from China.  [More]

COMMISSIONER SID MILLER COMMENDS PRESIDENT TRUMP AND DOGE CHAIRMAN ELON MUSK FOR ENDING WASTEFUL USAID SPENDING
Tuesday, February 4, 2025, I commend the decisive actions of President Trump and my fellow Texan, Elon Musk, in their efforts to mobilize the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to eradicate wasteful, frivolous spending within the federal government, starting with the out-of-control United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The decades-long wasteful misuse of taxpayer dollars by USAID to fund woke pet projects across the globe constitutes gross negligence by leftist, out-of-touch, and partisan bureaucrats. This abuse must be addressed to restore the American people's faith in our government’s financial stewardship. Hardworking Americans should not have their tax dollars diverted to support such frivolous nonsense. USAID has been allowed to become a woke wonderland, and it's high time the leadership there was held accountable.  [More]

STATEMENT BY COMMISSIONER SID MILLER ON GOVERNOR ABBOTT’S LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES
Tuesday, February 4, 2025, I applaud Governor Greg Abbott for using his State of the State address to highlight many of the same critical issues I’ve been fighting for—supporting Texas families, our hardworking public servants, and the farmers and ranchers who keep this state running.These priorities reaffirm Texas as the national leader in agriculture, border security, and economic freedom—values that align with President Trump’s mission to make America strong, secure, and prosperous again.  [More]

COMMISSIONER SID MILLER REAPPOINTS MEMBERS TO THE TEXAS AGRICULTURE FINANCE AUTHORITY BOARD
Thursday, January 30, 2025, AUSTIN—Today, Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller announced that he has reappointed four members to the Texas Agriculture Finance Authority (TAFA) Board. TAFA is a public authority within the agency designed to provide financial assistance for expanding Texas agricultural products, production, processing, marketing, and exporting.  [More]

TEXAS AGRICULTURE COMMISSIONER SID MILLER DECLARES WAR ON DEI
Tuesday, January 28, 2025, Today, Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller announced that he was going to war against so-called “diversity, equity, and inclusion” (DEI) and “diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility” (DEIA) policies and that the Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA), the multibillion-dollar agency he leads, will no longer contract or do business with entities that promote these discriminatory, demeaning, and immoral race and sex-based preferences which oftentimes violate the civil-rights laws of the United States.  [More]

STATEMENT BY COMMISSIONER SID MILLER ON USDA’S POSTPONED HORSE PROTECTION ACT FINAL RULE
Friday, January 24, 2025, Today, we’ve won the first battle. The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has announced a 60-day postponement of their new Horse Protection Act final rule, pushing the implementation date from February 1 to April 2, 2025.  [More]

COMMISSIONER SID MILLER KICKS OFF THE START OF A NEW YEAR BY CELEBRATING AGENCY ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Thursday, January 23, 2025, Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller kicks off the new year with his signature Texas charm and a tip of his hat, welcoming 2025 with optimism and gratitude. After a year of hard-fought achievements in 2024, the Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA) stands ready to embrace new opportunities, building on its successes to keep Texas at the forefront of agriculture.  [More]

STATEMENT BY COMMISSIONER SID MILLER ON USDA’S NEW RULE ON THE HORSE PROTECTION ACT
Wednesday, January 22, 2025, “Ten agricultural leaders, including the Commissioners, Directors, and Secretaries of the various State Departments of Agriculture, have joined me in writing a letter asking the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to begin the process of formally withdrawing, in its entirety, the Horse Protection Amendments final rule, published in the Federal Register on May 8, 2024. Portions of these amendments are scheduled to become effective on February 1, 2025. We have also asked the USDA to explore all available options, including delayed implementation of enforcement of the entire rule.  [More]

COMMISSIONER MILLER INVITES ELIGIBLE NONPROFITS TO APPLY FOR SUMMER NUTRITION PROGRAM SPONSORSHIP IN 2025
Tuesday, January 21, 2025, Today, Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller announced the Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA) is accepting sponsor applications for its 2025 Summer Meal Programs. These programs connect eligible organizations with federal funds to sponsor meal sites that serve healthy meals for Texas children 18 years old and younger when school cafeterias are closed for summer.  [More]