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 SUPPORTS ADVANCING AGRICULTURE, TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS BILLS
HYDE-SMITH SUPPORTS ADVANCING AGRICULTURE, TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS BILLS
Panel Also Approves Third Bill with Hyde-Smith Provision to Protect Broadband Funds for Poor & Rural Areas
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today supported advancing three FY2020 appropriations bills that would help Mississippi agricultural, transportation, and rural broadband efforts.
With Senate Appropriations Committee approval, the...
HYDE-SMITH & SENATE APPROPRIATORS: HOUSE SHOULD SUPPORT FARMERS AND RANCHERS, ENSURE MFP PAYMENTS ARE NOT DELAYED
HYDE-SMITH & SENATE APPROPRIATORS: HOUSE SHOULD SUPPORT FARMERS AND RANCHERS, ENSURE MFP PAYMENTS ARE NOT DELAYED
Senators Call for Replenishment of USDA Commodity Credit Corporation to Help Producers Affected by Tariffs
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) late Tuesday joined colleagues on the Senate Appropriations Committee in pressing to ensure Market Facilitation Program (MFP) payments for producers are not blocked or delayed in a continuing resolution (CR)...
HYDE-SMITH CRITICAL OF DEMOCRATIC BLOCKADE OF FY2020 DEFENSE FUNDING PACKAGE
HYDE-SMITH CRITICAL OF DEMOCRATIC BLOCKADE OF FY2020 DEFENSE FUNDING PACKAGE
Lack of Minority Support Stops Senate Effort to Move Appropriations Package that also Included Mississippi Flood Control Funding
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today criticized Senate Democrats for blocking an effort to advance a FY2020 funding package for national defense and other priorities, including Army Corps of Engineers projects in...
Contract awarded to provide food to military installations in Mississippi and Louisiana
WJTV-TV Jackson
Contract awarded to provide food to military installations in Mississippi and Louisiana
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WASHINGTON (WJTV) – On Monday, U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) announced a $86.1 million Defense Logistics Agency contract to Merchants Foodservice in Jackson to provide food to...
Senators urge Vilsack to solve old problems
Tri-State Livestock News
Senators urge Vilsack to solve old problems
By Jerry Hagstrom
The Senate Agriculture Committee on Tuesday voted unanimously to approve President Biden’s nomination of Tom Vilsack to be Agriculture secretary, but only after several members urged him to address the same...
Republican senators urge to keep WOTUS repealed
National Hog Farmer
Republican senators urge to keep WOTUS repealed
Resolution expresses desire to see Navigable Waters Protection rule in place.
by Jacqui Fatka
Republican members of Senate are urging support for a resolution that expresses the need for the U.S. Senate to stand with workers...