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 ANNOUNCE $19.7 MILLION FOR RURAL MISS. WATER, WASTEWATER IMPROVEMENTS
WICKER & HYDE-SMITH ANNOUNCE $19.7 MILLION FOR RURAL MISS. WATER, WASTEWATER IMPROVEMENTS
USDA Water and Waste Disposal Funding Awarded for Projects for Lauderdale, Marion, Oktibbeha, Pike & Wilkinson Counties, and City of Senatobia
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today announced the award of more than $19.7 million in U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development grants and low-interest loans to improve water and wastewater...
WICKER, HYDE-SMITH WELCOME $1.98 MILLION IN GRANTS FOR DISTANCE EDUCATION PROGRAMS
WICKER, HYDE-SMITH WELCOME $1.98 MILLION IN GRANTS FOR DISTANCE EDUCATION PROGRAMS
Rural Development Grants to Support Technology Installation Statewide
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today welcomed the award of $1,980,417 to support distance learning programs across the entire state. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Office of Rural Development will award the grants.
“These investments from the U.S. Department of Agriculture...
HYDE-SMITH WELCOMES U.S.-SOUTH KOREA RICE AGREEMENT AS GOOD FOR MISSISSIPPI PRODUCERS
HYDE-SMITH WELCOMES U.S.-SOUTH KOREA RICE AGREEMENT AS GOOD FOR MISSISSIPPI PRODUCERS
Rice Pact Comes on Heels of China Agreement to Lift Ban on American Poultry Imports
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today welcomed news of an agreement that could allow exports of rice grown in Mississippi to South Korea.
U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue on Tuesday announced the long-sought agreement by which South Korea will...
Boozman, Cotton seek relief for Arkansas’ aquaculture farmers
Southwest Times Record, Fort Smith, Ark.
Boozman, Cotton seek relief for Arkansas’ aquaculture farmers
By Special to The Commercial
U.S. Senators John Boozman and Tom Cotton of Arkansas have joined colleagues to encourage the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to provide Coronavirus Aid...
Mississippi Levee Board takes strong stand in favor of backwater pumps
Vicksburg Post
Mississippi Levee Board takes strong stand in favor of backwater pumps
By Tim Reeves
The Mississippi Levee Board has taken an official stand in full support of the completion of the backwater pumps project.
In a statement released Wednesday, the board not only issued its strong...
Sens. Graham, Coons call on China to 'immediately' shut down wet markets
Fox News
Sens. Graham, Coons call on China to 'immediately' shut down wet markets
By Brooke Singman
Sens. Lindsey Graham, Chris Coons and a group of bipartisan senators on Thursday “urgently” requested that China “immediately” close all operating wet markets amid the coronavirus pandemic in a...