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 COMMONSENSE ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATORY PROCESSES STARTED BY TRUMP EPA
HYDE-SMITH SUPPORTS COMMONSENSE ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATORY PROCESSES STARTED BY TRUMP EPA
At Budget Review Hearing, Miss. Senator Addresses Pesticide Regulations, Pascagoula Superfund Site
Watch: Senator Hyde-Smith on Pesticide Regulations https://youtu.be/T93WrXpVuJE
Watch: Senator Hyde-Smith on Pascagoula Superfund Site https://youtu.be/ItMKjHdMKX8
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today encouraged Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt...
MISS. DELEGATION ENCOURAGES U.S. TRADE REP TO STAND WITH U.S. CATFISH FARMERS
MISS. DELEGATION ENCOURAGES U.S. TRADE REP TO STAND WITH U.S. CATFISH FARMERS
Joint Senate-House Contingent Questions Vietnamese WTO Request as Safety Certification Looms
WASHINGTON, D. C. – A united Mississippi congressional delegation is part of bipartisan and bicameral effort encouraging the U.S. Trade Representative to defend the nation’s food safety laws on behalf of the U.S. catfish industry and consumers as Vietnam seeks to challenge the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s catfish...
HYDE-SMITH STRESSES FARM SAFETY NET & RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE AT ‘STATE OF RURAL AMERICA’ HEARING
HYDE-SMITH STRESSES FARM SAFETY NET & RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE AT ‘STATE OF RURAL AMERICA’ HEARING
Watch the video: Senator Hyde-Smith at ‘State of Rural America’ Hearing
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today stressed the importance of a farm safety net and rural infrastructure development during her first hearing as a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee.
Hyde-Smith posed several questions to Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue, who was the sole witness at a...
Lawmakers seek to expand student access to food
News Mississippi
Lawmakers seek to expand student access to food
By Steven Gagliano
A bipartisan bill in D.C. could help increase access to food for students during the summer months.
Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith is an original cosponsor of the Hunger-Free Summer for Kids Act of 2019, which give...
After a Veto, Pump Talks Continue in the Mississippi Delta
Mississippi Public Broadcasting
After a Veto, Pump Talks Continue in the Mississippi Delta
By Alexandra Watts
Recent flooding in the South Mississippi Delta is reigniting conversations about a controversial pump project. MPB’s Alexandra Watts reports on why people are for and against the pumps...
Flooded residents: Finish the pumps
Brookhaven Daily Leader
Flooded residents: Finish the pumps
By Luke Horton, publisher
On a recent trip up Hwy. 61 to Lake Washington, I saw first-hand the devastation backwater flooding has brought to the lower Delta.
Fields have turned to lakes. Homes have been submerged. Lives have been ruined...