Survey - Nate Sheets for AG Commissioner

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Working with the Texas Department of Agriculture

Your experience with the agency as it operates today.

1.How often does your organization interact with the Texas Department of Agriculture?

Weekly Monthly Quarterly Annually Rarely Never

2.What are the main reasons you interact with TDA?

Select all that apply.

Grants Licensing Inspections Marketing programs Policy guidance Disaster assistance Regulatory compliance Rural development Consumer protection

Other:

3.Overall, how would you rate your organization's interactions with TDA?

Excellent Good Fair Poor Very Poor

4.How responsive is TDA when you request information, assistance, or clarification?

1 2 3 4 5

Not responsiveVery responsive

5.How clear and easy to understand are TDA's rules, guidance, applications, and communications?

1 2 3 4 5

Very unclearVery clear

6.Which TDA programs or services have you used in the past two years?

Select all that apply.

GO TEXAN Grants School nutrition Pesticide licensing Weights and measures Disaster relief Export assistance Rural health Market development

Other:

7.How satisfied are you with the accessibility of TDA staff and leadership?

1 2 3 4 5

Very dissatisfiedVery satisfied

8.What barriers, if any, have you experienced when working with TDA?

Select all that apply.

Slow response times Unclear requirements Limited funding Technology issues Lack of regional access Inconsistent guidance Burdensome paperwork

Other:

9.How well does TDA understand the needs and challenges of your sector?

1 2 3 4 5

Not well at allVery well

10.What is one change TDA could make that would most improve its service to you or your members?

Your concerns and priorities

The challenges facing the producers you represent, and where Texas agriculture goes next.

1.What are the top three concerns facing your organization or the producers you represent?

2.How significant are rising input costs such as feed, fertilizer, fuel, labor, equipment, and insurance?

1 2 3 4 5

Not significantExtremely significant

3.How concerned are you about water availability, drought, groundwater, and long-term water planning?

1 2 3 4 5

Not concernedExtremely concerned

4.How concerned are you about labor availability, workforce, immigration policy, and retaining ag workers?

1 2 3 4 5

Not concernedExtremely concerned

5.How significant are regulatory compliance requirements at the local, state, or federal level?

1 2 3 4 5

Not significantExtremely significant

6.How concerned are you about land loss, urban encroachment, property taxes, and preserving working ag land?

1 2 3 4 5

Not concernedExtremely concerned

7.How concerned are you about market access, commodity prices, supply chains, trade, and competition?

1 2 3 4 5

Not concernedExtremely concerned

8.How prepared is your organization to respond to disasters, extreme weather, animal disease, or plant pests?

1 2 3 4 5

Not preparedVery prepared

9.What policy, funding, or program priorities should TDA focus on over the next three to five years?

10.If you could deliver one message directly to TDA leadership about the future of Texas agriculture, what would it be?

11.How clearly does TDA communicate information about its programs and eligibility requirements?

1 2 3 4 5

Very unclearVery clear

12.How easy is it to apply for or access TDA programs once you know about them?

1 2 3 4 5

Very difficultVery easy

Thank you for taking the time. Your voice helps build a Texas Department of Agriculture that works for producers.

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I read what producers tell me, and answers like yours are exactly how we fix the agency and put Texas first. Now do one more thing for me.

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