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...
Hyde-Smith announces $7.5M in additional funding for backwater pumps
Vicksburg Post
Hyde-Smith announces $7.5M in additional funding for backwater pumps
By Tim Reeves
An additional $7.5 million has reportedly been allocated to address future flooding issues in the Yazoo Backwater Area.
The additional funding was announced Monday by U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith and...
Hyde-Smith asks USDA to stop ‘unlawful’ catfish snack imports
The Hagstrom Report
Hyde-Smith asks USDA to stop ‘unlawful’ catfish snack imports
The Hagstrom Report | Volume 10 Number 28
Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., today asked the Agriculture Department to intensify efforts to stop what she called “illegally exported catfish-based products, such as fried...
More Widespread Support for EPA and Army’s Navigable Waters Protection Rule – A New Definition of WOTUS
Civil+Structural Engineering Media
More Widespread Support for EPA and Army’s Navigable Waters Protection Rule – A New Definition of WOTUS
WASHINGTON — Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler and Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works R.D. James...