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'What in the world is this': Sid Miller confidante talks alleged hemp possession
On Thursday, a former friend of Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller alleged that the Texas Rangers looked into Miller's ...
The Texas Tribune on MSN4d
Former Sid Miller allies told police the ag commissioner feared the DEA, told a friend to get rid of marijuana
THE TEXAS TRIBUNE – A former friend of Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller told a Texas Ranger that in 2022 Miller ...
MyHighPlains on MSN7d
TDA deploys ‘Swormlure-5’ in effort to stop screwworms
Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller said his office is working with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and ...
Texas Public Radio1d
Officials scramble to stop flesh-eating pest advancing toward Texas
Researchers pushed screwworms out of Texas by the 1970s. Now that they are on their way back, agriculture leaders and ...
KWKT Waco on MSN3d
Grimes Co. pesticide turn in nets near 75,000 pounds of chemicals
Texas Ag Commissioner Sid Miller says the Grimes County pesticide waste removal event collected an estimated 75,000 pounds of ...
KETK Tyler on MSN15d
‘We’re having an affordability crisis’: Texas Agriculture Commissioner candidate speaks in Tyler
Clayton Tucker, a Democrat running against Sid Miller in the upcoming Texas Agriculture Commission election, stopped by East ...
High Plains Journal11d
Texas to deploy Swormlure-5 bait to conquer New World screwworm
The Texas Department of Agriculture has announced the deployment of of Swormlure-5 bait to end the New World Screwworm ...
Texas is launching new traps to help fight off the New World Screwworm population.
A flesh-eating parasite that once ravaged Texas livestock is creeping back—and the state is stepping it to stop it.
Texas to deploy fly bait that mimics the scent of open wounds
It's an effort to combat the spread of the flesh-eating screwworm fly, a pest that poses a serious threat to the beef industry, wildlife and even household pets.