AUSTIN Texas (Texas Insider Report)
We produce enough beef in this state each year to make 18 billion hamburger patties ... now let me hep you get your mind around that Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller tells Austins Callings Theresa McKeown.
If you laid those hamburger patties end-to-end theyd circle the earth ... 400 TIMES! Agricultures a $100 billion dollar industry to our state.
You think its just corn & cows but its much more than that ... we have olive groves we raise citrus its shrimp its oysters its the wine industry Miller says.
Its a wide menu when it comes to what we produce in Texas.
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And we produce enough cotton in this state to make each year 2 billion pairs of blue jeans said Comm. Miller.
When mothers found out that I was the one responsible for the School Lunch & Nutrition Program without exception theyd get their fingers waggin saying I want to know why I cant bring cupcakes to my childs classroom noted Miller.
So we announced that we were rolling back every rule every mandate and were going to allow local schools to determine or make those decisions Miller said.
To learn more about Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller & the Texas Department of Agriculture visit TexasAgriculture.gov.
