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 PRAISES EPA ACTION TO REPEAL OBAMA’S WATERS OF THE U.S. RULE
HYDE-SMITH PRAISES EPA ACTION TO REPEAL OBAMA’S WATERS OF THE U.S. RULE
EPA & Army Corps Agree to Restore Rightful Regulatory Scope of “Navigable Waters”
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today praised action by the Trump administration to overturn President Obama’s overreaching 2015 Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule.
The EPA and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on Thursday announced a two-step rulemaking process to repeal the Obama administration’s unlawful...
HYDE-SMITH: USDA RURAL DEVELOPMENT PITCHES IN $99,800 FOR OKHISSA LAKE PROJECT STUDY
HYDE-SMITH: USDA RURAL DEVELOPMENT PITCHES IN $99,800 FOR OKHISSA LAKE PROJECT STUDY
Miss. Senator Authored Farm Bill Provision Directing USDA to Transfer Property for Lodge, Conference Center
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today announced the award of a $99,800 grant to complete a feasibility study and business plan for a proposed lodge and conference center at Okhissa Lake in southwest Mississippi.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development...
HYDE-SMITH: USDA RURAL DEVELOPMENT GRANTS TO SARDIS & HERNANDO GEARED TOWARD FUTURE ECONOMIC GROWTH
HYDE-SMITH: USDA RURAL DEVELOPMENT GRANTS TO SARDIS & HERNANDO GEARED TOWARD FUTURE ECONOMIC GROWTH
Rural Business Development Studies Will Look at Economic Opportunities Related to Sardis Lake, Hernando Recreational Facilities
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today announced the award of two grants worth $263,202 to provide technical assistance for feasibility studies on expanding economic development in two Northwest Mississippi communities.
U.S. Department of...
USDA to spend USD 70 million in COVID-19 relief funds on domestic seafood
Seafood Source
USDA to spend USD 70 million in COVID-19 relief funds on domestic seafood
By Steve Bittenbender
May 5, 2020
The U.S Department of Agriculture announced on Monday, 4 May, it had purchased USD 470 million (EUR 433.4 million) worth of agricultural products as part of its COVID-19...
USDA announces $470m in food purchases
Feedstuffs
USDA announces $470m in food purchases
Purchases included $120 million in dairy products, $30 million each in pork products, chicken, and catfish products and $50 million in turkey products.
By Jacqui Fatka
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced Monday details of $470...
Hyde-Smith among Senators calling for updates to 5G Fund maps
Y’all Politics
Hyde-Smith among Senators calling for updates to 5G Fund maps
By YallPolitics Staff
Today, U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV), James Lankford (R-OK), Jon Tester (D-MT), and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS) called on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to update the broadband coverage...