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 & PALAZZO ENCOURAGE USDA TO SUPPORT MISS. SEAFOOD INDUSTRY
WICKER, HYDE-SMITH & PALAZZO ENCOURAGE USDA TO SUPPORT MISSISSIPPI SEAFOOD INDUSTRY
COVID-19 Programs Could Provide Mississippi Seafood to Families in Need
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), and Rep. Steven Palazzo (R-Miss.) on Monday sent a letter to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Sonny Perdue requesting that he use his authority to purchase and distribute Mississippi seafood to those in need during the coronavirus pandemic...
HYDE-SMITH PRAISES AWARD OF $21.3 MILLION FISHERY DISASTER RELIEF FUNDS FOR MISSISSIPPI
HYDE-SMITH PRAISES AWARD OF $21.3 MILLION FISHERY DISASTER RELIEF FUNDS FOR MISSISSIPPI
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), who serves on the Senate Appropriations Committee, today praised the U.S. Commerce Department allocation of $21.3 million in federal fishery disaster relief funds to Mississippi.
The funding is associated to devastation experienced by Gulf Coast fisheries following prolonged freshwater inundation into the Gulf of Mexico last year. The funds will...
HYDE-SMITH JOINS EFFORT TO OFFSET COVID-19 REVENUE LOSSES AMONG STATES, COUNTIES & CITIES
HYDE-SMITH JOINS EFFORT TO OFFSET COVID-19 REVENUE LOSSES AMONG STATES, COUNTIES & CITIES
Miss. Senator Works to Ensure Rural Needs Addressed in $500 Billion SMART Act
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today joined as a leading sponsor of bipartisan legislation to help states, counties, and municipalities offset the significant revenue losses caused by COVID-19 shelter-at-home decrees, a measure that would ensure rural communities affected by the pandemic have access...
Meatpacking CEOs set to take heat from Congress amid soaring prices
The Hill
Meatpacking CEOs set to take heat from Congress amid soaring prices
By Tobias Burns
The CEOs of several meatpacking companies are expected to come under tough questioning from lawmakers Wednesday at a House hearing where soaring food prices are likely to take center stage.
Households...
Will Yazoo pumps deliver “environmental justice” to the Mississippi Delta?
Y’all Politics
Will Yazoo pumps deliver “environmental justice” to the Mississippi Delta?
Senators Hyde-Smith and Wicker join other Mississippians who want the pumps finished as Congressman Thompson continues to waffle.
By Anne Summerhays
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said in 2020 that the...
County gets $4M for Bozeman 4-laning
Madison County Journal
County gets $4M for Bozeman 4-laning
By STAFF REPORTS
A $4 million federal grant will go toward the widening of Bozeman Road from Highway 463 to Reunion Parkway, officials announced this week.
The funding, appropriated through Housing and Urban Development (HUD), was part...