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)
WICKER, HYDE-SMITH APPLAUD MISSISSIPPI JUDICIAL NOMINATIONS
WICKER, HYDE-SMITH APPLAUD MISSISSIPPI JUDICIAL NOMINATIONS
President Trump Picks Cory T. Wilson & Kristi H. Johnson to Serve on Federal Bench
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today welcomed President Trump’s nominations of Judge Cory T. Wilson of Flora to serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and Kristi H. Johnson of Brandon to serve as a U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Mississippi.
“I am pleased that...
HYDE-SMITH: COVID-19 RELIEF BILL PROVIDES AID TO AGRICULTURE SECTOR
HYDE-SMITH: COVID-19 RELIEF BILL PROVIDES AID TO AGRICULTURE SECTOR
Miss. Senator Worked to Protect, Improve Provisions that Should Benefit Miss. Livestock Production, Ag Interests
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today reported that Senate-passed legislation to confront the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) pandemic includes provisions that should help Mississippi agriculture and livestock producers affected by the outbreak.
Hyde-Smith, who serves on Senate...
HYDE-SMITH SUPPORTS HISTORIC COVID-19 RELIEF BILL
HYDE-SMITH SUPPORTS HISTORIC COVID-19 RELIEF BILL
Senator Critical of Days-Long Delay as Dems Pushed Liberal Agenda Irrelevant to Fighting Pandemic or Helping the American People
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) tonight voted for historic legislation to provide crucial resources for the U.S. health care system, small businesses, food providers, workers and families as the nation grapples with the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) outbreak.
Hyde-Smith, a member of the...
Mississippi pump project gets go-ahead, but needs funding
Associated Press
Mississippi pump project gets go-ahead, but needs funding
By Emily Wagster Pettus
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on Friday gave the green light to long-debated flood control project in Mississippi. But the project still needs federal funding, and the start...
USACE publishes record of decision for Yazoo Area Pumps Project
WJTV-TV Jackson
USACE publishes record of decision for Yazoo Area Pumps Project
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VICKSBURG, Miss. (WJTV) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) published its Record of Decision for the Yazoo Area Pumps Project on Friday, January 15.
The Record of Decision details USACE’s decisions on the...
Vicksburg District commander: Pumps project will take four years to complete
Vicksburg Post
Vicksburg District commander: Pumps project will take four years to complete
By John Surratt
Once the funding becomes available for the Yazoo Backwater Pumps project, it would take about four years to complete the work, the commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Vicksburg...