Candidate for Texas Agriculture Commissioner in 2022 Texas General Election.
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As Agriculture Commissioner I will find mechanisms to protect water in place today and into the future. No ag operation should have to choose between unnecessarily using its water rights today to avoid losing it tomorrow. Further, I would insist that state water agencies, groundwater districts, and groundwater management areas have the funding and tools to do their job. Learn more
As Agriculture Commissioner I will promote both economically and environmentally sustainable agriculture. We can raise our livestock and our crops without harming our land, our water, and our air. Sustainable agricultural practices seek to satisfy our food and fiber needs while enhancing environmental quality and sustaining the economic viability of ag operations. Practices can be as simple as planting cover crops that protect and enhance the soil in the winter. Learn more
On grazing land, native tall grasses return which in turn improve soil and moisture retention. As Agriculture Commissioner, I will seek to bring the available federal funding to facilitate these practices to Texas and lead the way to the future of Texas Ag. Learn more
Telemedicine is a game changer for rural health care, providing ready access to specialists that would otherwise take a day’s journey with the expenses and missed income opportunity that entails. But that too requires high-speed internet. The Agriculture Commissioner can help draw down more federal dollars from USDA to support rural broadband in Texas — if we have an Ag Commissioner who will do the work. Learn more
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