Nate Sheets

Nate Sheets' career experience includes working as a businessman. He served in the U.S. Navy Reserve from 1988 to 1994. Sheets graduated from Jack C. Hays High School. He earned a B.A. in marketing from Texas State University.[1]

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

My first action will be to DOGE the agency. My opponent has run it into the ground. He raisied fees on farmers and ranchers. According to the State Auditor, those hikes brought in $27.3 million when the programs cost only $20.8 million. Miller hired his former political advisor as Chief of Staff of the agency AFTER he pled guilty to felony bribery tied to hemp licenses at TDA.. Key duties, like regulating fuel pumps, were stripped from the agency, and Miller was fined by the Texas Ethics Commission for misusing state and campaign funds. As Agriculture Commissioner, my first act will be to audit the agency, cut waste, end cronyism, and make sure every dollar serves Texas farmers, ranchers, and consumers, not political insiders.The GO TEXAN program was meant to help small family farms reach customers, but it has turned into a taxpayer-funded PR tool. My opponent used it to host a music festival. I would strip out the self-promotion and refocus it on real market access. In its place, I would launch a cost-neutral Texas Agriculture Marketplace that connects farmers and ranchers directly to consumers, retailers, and institutional buyers. Producers would opt in voluntarily and pay a small transaction fee.We face 2 connected challenges. 1) Agriculture is in serious trouble family farms are disappearing, costs are rising, and producers are earning less. 2) This is happening alongside a major health crisis where 75% of spending is on chronic disease caused by the food we eat and more than 77% of young Americans are disqualified from military service.

Texas already spends billions on food for schools, hospitals, and state agencies, much of it flowing to multinational corporations for ultra-processed foods. I will work to redirect existing food dollars toward Texas-grown meat, fruits, & vegetables through smarter procurement. That predictable demand helps family operations stay on the land, creates rural jobs, & keeps food dollars in Texas.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

1) Fiscal Responsibility: DOGE / Audit agency to cut unnecessary taxes, fees, and regulations

2) MAHA the School lunch program: Prioritize Texas grown produce / meat instead of propping up woke ultra-processed food companies with Texas tax dollars.

3) Stop foreign ownership of farm land: We don't need our enemies in hostile foreign nations controlling the food supply

4) Biosecurity is border security: My opponent voted to give taxfunded benefits to illegal immigrants. He stated Mexico needed more say in Trump's border wall. And most recently, he dropped the ball on the Screwworm crisis threatening our beef supply. I will always stand for secure borders and a secure, safe food supply.

What organizations or individuals have endorsed your campaign?

Gun Owners of America, Make Texans Healthy Again, Texas Eagle Forum, True Texas Project, Texas College Republicans, Grassroots America – We the People, Cattle Raisers PAC, Texas Cattle Feeders Association BEEF PAC, Kingwood Tea Party, Montgomery County Tea Party, Fort Bend Conservatives, Texas Gun Rights, Veterans for America First PAC, Former U.S. Senator Rick Santorum, Senator Charles Perry, Senator Angela Paxton, Senator Kevin Sparks, Kelly Shackelford, President and CEO of First Liberty Institute, Mark Meckler, President of Citizens for Self-Governance and Convention of States, Jim “Mattress Mack” McIngvale, and more than a dozen members of the State Republican Executive Committee.

Campaign websiteSheets' campaign website stated the following:Texas-First TradePresident Donald Trump has made America First Trade the center of his international agenda. Like President Trump, as the next Agriculture Commissioner, Nate Sheets will be a tenacious ambassador for Texas First Trade that helps create jobs for American citizens, increasing the bottom line for our farmers, ranchers, and producers, and ensures the security of our food supply.Nate Sheets has produced agricultural products and delivered them to market, and he understands the importance of American, and Texan, dominance in feeding this critical space to our national security. As Agriculture Commissioner, Nate will fight every day for the hardworking people that create the food this nation, and the world, runs on.Producing the Cleanest Food for Texas FamiliesAmerica is experiencing a national awakening—MAHA—in regards to how our food is grown and the effects of what we put into our bodies on our health. Texas has the most robust agricultural economy in the nation: what grows in Texas feeds the nation. Nate’s experience in agriculture has proven that it is possible to produce cleaner food products while increasing what farmers and ranchers take home for their labor. Nate Sheets will lead on helping our state’s producers grow the cleanest food possible while growing their bottom line. When elected Agriculture Commissioner, Nate Sheets will be the best partner in the history of Texas to our producers, helping them grow better food and grow food better.Border Security Starts with Labor SecurityPresident Donald Trump has changed the course of our nation with his no-nonsense, unapologetic approach to securing our border and deporting illegal immigrants. One of the primary drivers of illegal immigration is economic and possibly nowhere is that more important to address than in agriculture.As Agriculture Commissioner, Nate Sheets will enthusiastically support the Trump Administration in its efforts to secure our border and stop the flow of illegal immigrants into our state and nation. Nate supports requiring federal e-Verify for all legal employment in Texas and will vigorously advocate for passing state legislature to ensure that anyone who works in Texas has had their citizenship verified, ending the economic magnet once and for all.Rural Economic DevelopmentRural Texas is the backbone of Texas agriculture. As Agriculture Commissioner, Nate Sheets will work to bring new jobs and opportunities to rural Texas that refine or process our agricultural goods into finished products. For too long, these critical jobs in the food supply chain have vanished from rural Texas and the very Texans whose families and neighbors grow or raise our food.Nate will work to bring those opportunities back to rural Texas, slashing transportation costs for farmers and generating employment opportunities for countless families in the heartland of our state.Combatting Agro-Terrorism by Foreign StatesMany Texans do not know but foreign adversaries such as China are sending nationals into our country with pathogens designed to wipe out large swaths of Texas, and American, agriculture. In recent months, two Chinese were arrest smuggling in a fungus that could devastate our wheat, barley, maize, and rice crops.Nate Sheets will take on agroterrorism by hostile nations like China, working to pass strong state laws with the Texas Legislature to ensure that Texas has the investigatory and prosecution powers needed to identify and punish these terrorists.Nate will ensure that Texas’s Department of Agriculture is working closely with the Trump Administration to eliminate this threat and to protect our farmers and producers and our nation’s food supply.Cleaning up the Food in Our Kid's SchoolsOur government spends an enormous amount of tax dollars on providing lunch to our students. I am a firm believer that how anyone—an individual, family, and even our government—spends money is a window into their priorities, and I believe that providing clean, quality food in our schools must be at the top of list.There is no better way to teach our kids about where their food comes from, how to eat a balanced diet, and to impact their long-term health than ensuring cleaning up what we serve in our schools. As your next Ag Commissioner, I will work with our legislature and Texas farmers and producers to ensure that we’re fueling our kids’ bodies and developing brains with the cleanest food possible.Champion Our 2nd AmendmentThe 2nd Amendment is not about hunting and fishing—it’s about personal defense and protection of family and property. Nate Sheets will use the power of the Department of Agriculture to promote and champion our 2nd Amendment rights wherever possible, ensuring that state power under his purview never infringes on our God-given right to keep and bear arms.The Foundational Right to LifeNate Sheets is an unapologetic Christian who believes that every baby is created in the Image of God and has an inalienable right to life. Nate Sheets will be the most Pro-Life and Pro-Family Agriculture Commissioner in the history of Texas, using his position and office in whatever way possible to promote healthy babies, adoption opportunities, and economic stability for families.— Nate Sheets' campaign website (February 4, 2026)Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.