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SUMMARY:MAY TALB CENTRAL
DESCRIPTION:DATE:  May 27\, 2026\n\nTIME:  11:00am to 1:00 pm\n\nSPEAKER 
 AND TOPIC:  Texas Ag Commissioner Sid Miller\n\nLOCATION: Dripping Spring
 s Distillery\, 5330 Bell Springs Rd\, Dripping Springs\, TX 78620\n\nSPONS
 OR:  Braun &amp\; Gresham -  Attorneys At Law\n\nRSVP:  admin@texasalli
 anceoflandbrokers.org\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAn eighth-generation farmer and r
 ancher\, Sid Miller is the 12th Commissioner of the Texas Department of Ag
 riculture (TDA). He has devoted his life to promoting Texas agriculture\, 
 rural communities and the great state of Texas.\n\nBorn in De Leon\, in Co
 manche County\, in September 1955\, Sid Miller graduated with honors from 
 Tarleton State University in Stephenville with a Bachelor of Science degre
 e in Vocational Ag Education.\n\nA recognized community leader\, Miller wa
 s first elected to the House of Representatives in 2000. He quickly earned
  a reputation as a staunch defender of Texas agriculture\, constitutional 
 freedoms and individual liberties for all Texans.\n\nHe was elected statew
 ide as the 12th Texas Agriculture Commissioner in 2014\, and re-elected in
  2018 and 2022.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSince taking office as Agricu
 lture Commissioner\, Commissioner Miller has brought real\, common sense r
 eform to TDA. Within six months in office\, he eliminated a two-and-a-half
 -year backlog in organic certifications. He reshaped field operations to m
 aximize efficiency for Texas taxpayers. This included increasing the numbe
 r of consumer protection inspections by as much as 183 percent while slash
 ing the miles traveled by TDA inspectors by more than half a million miles
  a year.\n\nCommissioner Miller also launched Operation Maverick\, a consu
 mer protection initiative to round up businesses which failed to register 
 their commercial scales with TDA. Registrations have increased 35 percent\
 , and more than 2\,000 previously unregistered businesses are now monitore
 d by TDA to ensure consumers are protected.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n&nbsp\;
LOCATION:Dripping Springs Distillery\, 5330 Bell Springs Road\, Dripping Sp
 rings\, TX\, 78620\, Central\, United States
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