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)
HYDE-SMITH STATEMENT ON MAHA COMMISSION REPORT
HYDE-SMITH STATEMENT ON MAHA COMMISSION REPORT
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today asserted she and farmers across the country had every right to be concerned about the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Commission report issued on Thursday by Health and Humans Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
At a hearing this week, Hyde-Smith confronted Kennedy about concerns the MAHA initial report would mischaracterize important crop protection tools that have...
HYDE-SMITH SEEKS ANIMAL DISEASE QUICK-RESPONSE PLEDGES FROM USDA ASSISTANT SECRETARY NOMINEES
HYDE-SMITH SEEKS ANIMAL DISEASE QUICK-RESPONSE PLEDGES FROM USDA ASSISTANT SECRETARY NOMINEES
VIDEO: Senator Hyde-Smith Discusses Animal Disease Response Needs with USDA Nominees.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss), with an eye on various animal diseases threatening the livestock and poultry industry, today encouraged the nominees to lead U.S. Department of Agriculture regulatory and research programs to endorse early preparation and rapid response policies to combat...
HYDE-SMITH WARNS AGAINST BASELESS ATTACKS ON AMERICAN FOOD PRODUCTION IN PENDING MAHA REPORT
HYDE-SMITH WARNS AGAINST BASELESS ATTACKS ON AMERICAN FOOD PRODUCTION IN PENDING MAHA REPORT
HHS Sec. Dismisses Miss. Senator’s Concerns that MAHA Report Will Ignore Decades of Sound Science, Undermine Confidence in American Food Supply with False Claims
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In advance of an expected Thursday release of an initial Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) report, U.S. Senator Cindy...
Reviving Community Banking By Lifting Barriers To New Banks
Issues and Insights
Reviving Community Banking By Lifting Barriers To New Banks
By Patricia Patnode and Ari Patinkin
Americans have far fewer banks to choose from than they once did. The American banking industry has consolidated, with the number of U.S. banks falling from more than 8,000 to less...
Senators Want Special Investigator at USDA for Packers and Stockyards Violations
Progressive Farmer
Senators Want Special Investigator at USDA for Packers and Stockyards Violations
By Chris Clayton, DTN Ag Policy Editor
A bipartisan group of U.S. senators on Tuesday introduced legislation to establish a special investigator at USDA to look into competition issues surrounding...
Senate passes Hirono resolution designating April as ‘National Native Plant Month’
Maui Now
Senate passes Hirono resolution designating April as ‘National Native Plant Month’
Maui Now
April 7, 2025 · 2:27 PM EDT
The US Senate unanimously passed a resolution led by Sen. Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), designating April 2025 as “National Native Plant Month.”
The bipartisan resolution...