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)
WITH MARKET COLLAPSE, SENATORS SEEK COVID-19 AID FOR U.S. CATFISH, AQUACULTURE INDUSTRIES
WITH MARKET COLLAPSE, SENATORS SEEK COVID-19 AID FOR U.S. CATFISH, AQUACULTURE INDUSTRIES
Hyde-Smith Leads Effort Asking USDA Sec. Perdue to Use Authority to Help Sustain Industry
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators from leading catfish-producing states today asked Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue to use his authority to provide CARES Act funding to help sustain the U.S. aquaculture industry, which has been hit by sharp market share declines and depressed prices.
U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith...
HYDE-SMITH PRAISES MISS. LEVEE BOARD ASSESSMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL HARM CAUSED BY YAZOO BACKWATER FLOODING
HYDE-SMITH PRAISES MISS. LEVEE BOARD ASSESSMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL HARM CAUSED BY YAZOO BACKWATER FLOODING
Miss. Senator Says Solid Scientific Data Demonstrates Backwater Flooding Causes Severe Environmental Damage
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today praised the release of a Mississippi Levee Board (MSLB) statement that succinctly outlines the severe and ongoing environmental harm caused by the persistent flooding in the Yazoo Backwater Area.
The MSLB issued the...
MISS. SENATORS JOIN LETTER CALLING FOR MORE STATE CONTROL OF CORONAVIRUS RELIEF FUNDS
MISS. SENATORS JOIN LETTER CALLING FOR MORE STATE CONTROL OF CORONAVIRUS RELIEF FUNDS
Mississippi to Receive $1.25 Billion to Assist with COVID-19 Outbreak
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today joined in sending a letter to U.S. Department of the Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin requesting flexibility for states to use funds from the Coronavirus Relief Fund to assist local governments with coronavirus response efforts.
Mississippi will...
Contract awarded to provide food to military installations in Mississippi and Louisiana
WJTV-TV Jackson
Contract awarded to provide food to military installations in Mississippi and Louisiana
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WASHINGTON (WJTV) – On Monday, U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) announced a $86.1 million Defense Logistics Agency contract to Merchants Foodservice in Jackson to provide food to...
Senators urge Vilsack to solve old problems
Tri-State Livestock News
Senators urge Vilsack to solve old problems
By Jerry Hagstrom
The Senate Agriculture Committee on Tuesday voted unanimously to approve President Biden’s nomination of Tom Vilsack to be Agriculture secretary, but only after several members urged him to address the same...
Republican senators urge to keep WOTUS repealed
National Hog Farmer
Republican senators urge to keep WOTUS repealed
Resolution expresses desire to see Navigable Waters Protection rule in place.
by Jacqui Fatka
Republican members of Senate are urging support for a resolution that expresses the need for the U.S. Senate to stand with workers...