TexasDepartmentofAgriculture

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Texas Department of Agriculture
The History of the Agency
The Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA) was established in 1907 through Texas Legislation. Until in 1907, Bureau of Agriculture, History, Statistics, and Insurance were responsible for conducting official agricultural business resulting in considerable neglect of the collection of information and statistics on livestock and crops. Therefore, in 1907, the Thirtieth Legislature establish this agency whose headquarter is situated in Austin. (“About TDA”)
Purpose and Responsibilities
The key objectives of the Agency are to promote agricultural production, health leaving, economic development, and consumer protection. As a diversified state Agency, TDA offers value-added services through initiatives, marketing, and regulatory. After every four years, an agriculture commissioner is elected to oversee the agency. The current commissioner is Sid Miller who took over early 2014 (“About TDA”).
Mission
The mission of TDA is partnering with all Texans with the primary objective of making Texas a leading nation in agriculture, fortify its economy, empowering communities in the rural areas, and promoting healthy lifestyle of Texans. Also, TDA focus on cultivating effective strategies for Texas’ urban, suburban, and rural areas through a unique service and the common agricultural threads (“About TDA”).
Why Retained TDA?
TDA touches on critical aspects of Texans’ life almost every day.

In its responsibility for the consumer protection, the Agency regulates all fuel pumps, weights and measures devices, and pesticides application to ensure that consumers acquire right quality and quantity products and are charged advertised prices. TDA promotes agricultural production by protecting severe crop diseases and pests, facilitating trade and market development of crop and livestock production, and advancing grant funds for agricultural R&D. TDA also has a significant role in the promotion of healthy living through the “Texans Feeding Texans” initiatives, fighting obesity, and administering school feeding programs. On the economic development, TDA attracts other economic development opportunities as well as offering grants for the development of rural infrastructures. Therefore, TDA matters significantly as far as the development of Texas agriculture is concerned (“What Does TDA Do?”).

Works Cited
“About TDA”. Texasagriculture.Gov, www.texasagriculture.gov/Home/AgencyInformation.aspx. Accessed 8 Sept 2018.
“What Does TDA Do?”. Texasagriculture.Gov, www.texasagriculture.gov/About/WhatdoesTDAdo.aspx. Accessed 8 Sept 2018.