Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller

An eighth-generation farmer and rancher, Sid Miller is the 12th Commissioner of the Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA); reelected to his third term in 2022.

Since taking office as Agriculture Commissioner, Commissioner Miller has: eliminated a two-and-a-half-year backlog in organic certifications; increased the number of consumer protection inspections and fights childhood obesity and promotes healthy lifestyles for schoolchildren where he created Farm Fresh Fridays and other farm-to-school initiatives resulted in a $14 million increase in the amount of Texas products purchased by schools.

He oversees TDA’s world-renowned GO TEXAN program — a marketing effort to showcase the best products, companies, and communities that call the Lone Star State home.

In 2020 and 2021 he declared numerous companies and firms in the agricultural sector as “essential businesses,” saving jobs and keeping Texas fed.