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)
MISS. LAWMAKERS ANNOUNCE $14.1 MILLION USDA RURAL DEVELOPMENT AWARD FOR NEW ALBANY WASTEWATER PLANT
MISS. LAWMAKERS ANNOUNCE $14.1 MILLION USDA RURAL DEVELOPMENT AWARD FOR NEW ALBANY WASTEWATER PLANT
USDA Provides $29.4 Million in Loan & Grant Awards for Water & Wastewater Projects in State
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), and Representative Trent Kelly (R-Miss.) today praised the approval of a $14.1 million loan and grant package from the U.S. Department of Agriculture that will allow the City of New Albany to replace its wastewater...
HYDE-SMITH & WICKER DEMAND SBA RULE CHANGE TO PROTECT MISS. POULTRY FARMERS
HYDE-SMITH & WICKER DEMAND SBA RULE CHANGE TO PROTECT MISS. POULTRY FARMERS
Proposed SBA Rule Would Deny Financing Option for Family-Owned Poultry Operations
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) today challenged a proposed Small Business Administration (SBA) rule that would deny many family-owned poultry producers in Mississippi from accessing SBA-sponsored financing.
In a letter to SBA Administrator Linda McMahon, Hyde-Smith and Wicker asked...
SENATORS PRESS COMMERCE DEPT. TO ENFORCE ANTIDUMPING LAWS TO ENSURE LEVEL PLAYING FIELD FOR U.S. CATFISH
SENATORS PRESS COMMERCE DEPT. TO ENFORCE ANTIDUMPING LAWS TO ENSURE LEVEL PLAYING FIELD FOR U.S. CATFISH
Lawmakers Protest International Trade Administration Deferential Treatment of Vietnamese Exporter
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Eight U.S. Senators, led by Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), today called on Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross to implement U.S. antidumping laws strongly and impartially to ensure U.S. catfish producers are competing on a level playing field.
Hyde-Smith, along with...
Yazoo group opposes backwater pumps as historic flood continues
WLBT-TV Jackson
Yazoo group opposes backwater pumps as historic flood continues
VIDEO: Yazoo pump debate new developments
By David Kenney
YAZOO COUNTY, Miss. (WLBT) - The Sierra Club of Mississippi released an editorial this week vocally opposing the Yazoo backwater pumps.
At the same time in...
Kennedy Co-Sponsors Legislation to Assist Fishermen
St. Bernard Parish News
Kennedy Co-Sponsors Legislation to Assist Fishermen
St. Bernard Parish Government Officials and the chairman of the Louisiana United Crabbers Alliance met with members of Congress and congressional staffers from Louisiana and Mississippi last week as parish government...
Hyde-Smith introduces legislation that could overturn EPA veto
Vicksburg Post
Hyde-Smith introduces legislation that could overturn EPA veto
By Staff Reports
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith and U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker introduced Wednesday legislation that would overturn a 2008 decision that halted the final aspects of a long-awaited flood...