Nate Sheets

Nate Sheets for Texas Agriculture Commissioner From Backyard Beekeeper to National Leader — Ready to Serve Every Texan ...

Priority 1: DOGE the Ag Commission – Clean Out Corruption and Waste The Texas Department of Agriculture is supposed to serve farmers, ranchers, and families. Instead, under Sid Miller it has become a revolving door of scandals, waste, and cronyism. He raised fees on producers, ...

Yes. Thousands of grassroots Republican activists spend countless hours every two years crafting the Texas GOP platform. It represents the principles and priorities of the people who make our movement strong—not lobbyists or insiders, but everyday Texans who care deeply about faith, freedom, and family. I’ll ...

I didn’t sit down and compare offices or look for what might be politically convenient. I’m running for Agriculture Commissioner because I feel called to this role. Agriculture is where my life’s work, my faith, and my leadership experience come together. I built a business rooted in Texas agriculture, worked directly ...

I founded and led Nature Nate’s Honey Co., pioneering the “raw & unfiltered” honey movement and implementing industry-leading pesticide and purity testing protocols. I managed sourcing and production across multiple states, overseeing quality control, supply chains, and farmer partnerships. That experience ...

The Texas Department of Agriculture should be run like a well-managed ranch, not a personal playground. On day one, we’re going to DOGE the agency—find out what’s broken in both 1) personnel and 2) processes. ...

America lost 123,000 farms last year—7% of the total. In Texas alone, 68 family farms disappear every week, more than 17,000 since 2018. The average farmer is now 60 years old and earns just 15¢ of the food dollar, down from 40¢ in 1980. Rising costs and cheap imports are pushing producers to the brink. ...

The Legislature took an important first step this session by passing stronger protections against foreign ownership of Texas farmland, but we can’t stop there. Preserving family farms means building an environment where small producers can survive and thrive. That starts by expanding local processing and ...

Absolutely not. Taxpayer-funded benefits should go to American citizens and legal residents only. Anything less undermines the rule of law and disrespects those who came here the right way. My opponent voted to grant in-state tuition to illegal immigrants, putting non-citizens ahead of Texas families ...

Generally, I will use the platform of this office to advocate for the eventual end of property taxes in Texas. It’s a question of priorities, and I believe we can phase out the Maintenance & Operations (M&O) portion over time by tightening spending and focusing on efficiency, not expansion. ...

Property taxes do not fund the Texas Department of Agriculture because Texas has no state property tax. Property taxes are collected by local taxing units—counties, cities, and school districts—to fund local services, not state agencies. The TDA is funded primarily through legislative appropriations, federal ...

For the first time in my lifetime, we have a federal administration—through the USDA, FDA, and HHS—that appears ready to make generational change in how America approaches food and health. We should seize that opportunity. ...

The Legislature took a good first step this session by strengthening protections against foreign ownership of Texas farmland, but more must be done. While the Department of Agriculture doesn’t control who purchases land, the Commissioner can play a vital role in exposing risks, supporting enforcement, and ...

We don’t need a guest worker program—we need to make farming and ranching profitable enough to hire and retain American workers again. For too long, illegal labor and broken federal policy have driven down wages and devalued honest ...

The Texas Department of Agriculture and the General Land Office both serve vital roles in managing and protecting our most important resource—Texas land. The GLO oversees state-owned lands, mineral rights, and conservation programs, while TDA supports the producers who work that land every day. These two ...

Promoting Texas products is important, but it must be done responsibly. The GO TEXAN program was created to help small producers and local businesses reach consumers, not to fund publicity events for politicians. Just this past weekend, the Department spent time and resources branding a large street ...

Feeding Texans in need should always start with local communities and faith-based organizations, not government bureaucracy. The “Texans Feeding Texans” program was created to connect surplus food from Texas farmers to local meal providers — but over time, it’s become another state-run grant program. ...

I’ll refuse any federal grant that comes with political or ideological strings attached. That includes programs that push DEI or ESG mandates, force climate regulations that punish producers, or insert Washington bureaucrats into Texas food policy....

Water is life for Texas agriculture. Farmers and ranchers are the original conservationists — they understand that protecting water means protecting their livelihoods. The Texas Department of Agriculture’s role isn’t to add new layers of regulation, but to lead through collaboration and innovation. ...

Historically, the Texas Department of Agriculture administered some rural broadband grants and loan programs — mainly because the agency already managed rural development funds like water and infrastructure. But in 2021, the Legislature created the Texas Broadband Development Office (BDO) under ...

The Texas Department of Agriculture doesn’t control eminent domain authority, but as Commissioner, I’ll use the bully pulpit of the office to stand up for private property rights and fight back against taxpayer backed boondoggles like the proposed Texas Central Railway. ...

Over the past decade, the Texas Department of Agriculture’s disaster response has too often been slow, disorganized, and politicized. Instead of coordinating with federal agencies to get relief where it was needed, the current Commissioner has consistently focused on press releases and public fights that did ...

There is no expected relationship at this time. Darrell Bevelhymer John Knox ...