Senator Hyde-Smith, a cattle farmer and the former Mississippi Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce, understands the importance of the state’s $7.5 billion agricultural and forestry industries. As a member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, the Senator will work on legislation, programs, and policies to allow agriculture and related industries to grow in Mississippi and the nation.
The Senator’s record includes protecting private property rights against eminent domain abuses, helping to open foreign markets for Mississippi agricultural products, and supporting country-of-origin labeling.
(March 19 to August 15, 2025, the USDA Farm Service Agency is issuing up to $10 billion in direct payments to eligible agricultural producers of eligible commodities for the 2024 crop year through the Emergency Commodity Assistance Program. Senator Hyde-Smith fought to get this assistance enacted in December 2024. These one-time economic assistance payments will help eligible commodity producers in Mississippi mitigate the impacts of increased input costs and falling commodity prices. Learn more: https://www.fsa.usda.gov/ecap)
Yazoo Pump Project update headlines packed press briefing
News Mississippi
Yazoo Pump Project update headlines packed press briefing
By J.T. Mitchell
In today’s press briefing, the conversation revolved around three subjects in particular: (1) the Yazoo Backwater Project, (2) Mississippi’s response, thus far, to COVID-19, and (3) the upcoming Mississippi State Fair.
As announced in the press conference, the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) has been assessing the damage induced by historic flooding in the Mississippi Delta and has...
HYDE-SMITH SAYS BILL TO AVOID GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN MUST HELP FARMERS, RANCHERS
HYDE-SMITH SAYS BILL TO AVOID GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN MUST HELP FARMERS, RANCHERS
USDA Agriculture, Conservation Programs ‘Could Come to a Screeching Halt’ if Congress Doesn’t Act
VIDEO: Senator Hyde-Smith Fights for Ag Programs as Congress Tries to Avoid Shutdown.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today warned that key agriculture and conservation programs will “come to a screeching halt” on Oct. 1 if Congress fails to include a key provision in legislation to avoid a...
HYDE-SMITH SAYS NEW SENATE COVID-19 RELIEF MEASURE DESERVES BIPARTISAN SUPPORT
HYDE-SMITH SAYS NEW SENATE COVID-19 RELIEF BILL MEASURE DESERVES BIPARTISAN SUPPORT
Targeted Relief Proposal Addresses Health, Education, Agriculture and Economic Needs
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today called for bipartisan support for a new COVID-19 relief legislation that targets resources to the most critical health care, education, and economic issues facing Americans six months into a national emergency.
Hyde-Smith, who serves on Senate Appropriations...
GOP Senators Introduce Bill to Stop California's Prop 12
Progressive Farmer
GOP Senators Introduce Bill to Stop California's Prop 12
By Jerry Hagstrom
The National Pork Producers Council has been pushing back against California's law prohibiting the sale of food products from confined animals. Some Republican senators have introduced a bill trying to...
Proposed legislation to limit use of ‘Product of USA’ label
Meat+Poultry
Proposed legislation to limit use of ‘Product of USA’ label
By Erica Shaffer
WASHINGTON – US Senator Mike Rounds (R-SD) and a bipartisan group of lawmakers are backing a law that would limit the “Product of USA” label to beef sourced from cattle that are born, raised and slaughtered...
Senate Committee Approves $20.7 Million to Advance Yazoo Pumps
Delta Council E-News
Senate Committee Approves $20.7 Million to Advance Yazoo Pumps
Upper Yazoo Projects, Delta Headwaters also see Increase
U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith announced committee passage of an appropriations measure that includes funding to support flood control and water...