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 & 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 CREDITS TEAM EFFORT FOR JOINT ARMY CORPS-NORTH DESOTO AGREEMENT ON FLOOD RELIEF
HYDE-SMITH CREDITS TEAM EFFORT FOR JOINT ARMY CORPS-NORTH DESOTO AGREEMENT ON FLOOD RELIEF
Army Corps of Engineers, DeSoto County Sign Pact on North DeSoto County Storm Water Flood Risk Management Feasibility Study
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HERNANDO, MISS. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today credited a team effort attitude that will allow the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to conduct a feasibility study on how best to address storm water runoff and flood risk abatement in...
More Widespread Support for EPA and Army’s Navigable Waters Protection Rule – A New Definition of WOTUS
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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...
Biloxi Mayor To Appeal To Council To Approve Spillway Effects Resolutions
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Biloxi Mayor To Appeal To Council To Approve Spillway Effects Resolutions
By Toni Miles
Mayor Andrew “FoFo” Gilich will be asking the City Council this week to approve four measures designed to help avoid a repeat of last summer’s disastrous Bonnet Carre Spillway openings. The...
Interior’s Fish and Wildlife Service Solicits Public Input on Cormorant Management
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Interior’s Fish and Wildlife Service Solicits Public Input on Cormorant Management
WASHINGTON - As part of ongoing efforts to address conflicts between double-crested cormorants and wild and stocked fisheries, the Department of the Interior’s U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service)...