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. SENATORS ANNOUNCE AWARD OF $409,700 IN GRANTS TO UPGRADE COMMUNITY FACILITIES, VEHICLES
MISS. SENATORS ANNOUNCE AWARD OF $409,700 IN GRANTS TO UPGRADE COMMUNITY FACILITIES, VEHICLES
Wicker, Hyde-Smith Detail USDA Grants to Support Local Services in Rural Communities
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today praised the award of $409,700 for 11 community improvement projects in Mississippi.
The Community Facilities Program grants will be awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development.
“These USDA Rural...
HYDE-SMITH HIGHLIGHTS EXTENDED DUCK HUNTING SEASON IN MISS.
HYDE-SMITH HIGHLIGHTS EXTENDED DUCK HUNTING SEASON IN MISS.
Senator Authored Law Giving States Right to Extend Federal Duck Hunting Season to Jan. 31
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today highlighted the approval of the 2019-2020 duck hunting season in Mississippi, which will extend to Jan. 31, 2020, as a result of a law change she authored.
Gone is the “last Sunday in January” deadline previously set by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for duck hunting seasons...
HYDE-SMITH: THREE RURAL MISS. WATER PROVIDERS AWARDED $2.39 MILLION FOR UPGRADES
HYDE-SMITH: THREE RURAL MISS. WATER PROVIDERS AWARDED $2.39 MILLION FOR UPGRADES
USDA Rural Development Provides Loan-Grant Funding for Water System Improvements in Coahoma, Union & Wayne Counties
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), who serves on the Senate Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee, today announced the approval of more than $2.93 million in loan and grant funding to improve water systems in three rural Mississippi communities.
USDA Rural Development...
District to prepare environmental impact statement for pumps project
Vicksburg Post
District to prepare environmental impact statement for pumps project
By John Surratt
The announcement Thursday that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Vicksburg District will prepare a supplemental environmental impact study for the Yazoo Area Pump Project has some officials hoping...
Cassidy Urges USDA to Assist Cotton Industry in Wake of Coronavirus
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Cassidy Urges USDA to Assist Cotton Industry in Wake of Coronavirus
04/16/2020
WASHINGTON - As the coronavirus continues to take an economic toll on agriculture producers, U.S. senators from both parties have come together to encourage the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to...
Boozman, Cotton seek relief for Arkansas’ aquaculture farmers
Southwest Times Record, Fort Smith, Ark.
Boozman, Cotton seek relief for Arkansas’ aquaculture farmers
By Special to The Commercial
U.S. Senators John Boozman and Tom Cotton of Arkansas have joined colleagues to encourage the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to provide Coronavirus Aid...