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 NAMED TO CONFERENCE COMMITTEE
HYDE-SMITH NAMED TO CONFERENCE COMMITTEE
Senator Will Help Reconcile Senate-House Differences on FY2019 Appropriations for Agriculture, Transportation & Other Programs
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), who serves on the Senate Appropriations Committee, has been named to the negotiation team that will work to resolve differences on a FY2019 appropriations package to fund federal agriculture, transportation, and other programs.
“I am committed to being a good steward...
HYDE-SMITH COSPONSORS PERMANENT “DEATH TAX” REPEAL BILL
HYDE-SMITH COSPONSORS PERMANENT “DEATH TAX” REPEAL BILL
Enacting Permanent Repeal Would Help Next Generation Keep Family Farms, Businesses Alive
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today announced her support for legislation to repeal the federal estate tax or “death tax” permanently.
The Death Tax Repeal Act (S.205) would end collection of punitive taxes collected by the federal government from family-owned farms, ranches, and small businesses once their owners pass...
HYDE-SMITH: USDA RURAL DEVELOPMENT TO INVEST $5.4 MILLION IN EIGHT MISS. COUNTIES
HYDE-SMITH: USDA RURAL DEVELOPMENT TO INVEST $5.4 MILLION IN EIGHT MISS. COUNTIES
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today said a $5.4 million investment in rural Mississippi communities by the U.S Department of Agriculture will help provide unmet infrastructure, business development, and equipment needs.
USDA Rural Development has approved a series of 11 grants worth more than $5.4 million for projects in eight counties, including Grenada, Itawamba, Monroe, Prentiss...
USDA food box program delivers 5m boxes
Feedstuffs
USDA food box program delivers 5m boxes
First round of $1 billion in Farmers to Families Food Box Program funding ends June 30, with some contracts extended starting June 15.
Bu Jacqui Fatka
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farmers to Families Food Box Program has distributed more...
Catfish Producers Can Make Case for Relief Funds
Winston County Journal
Catfish Producers Can Make Case for Relief Funds
By Susan Collins-Smith, MSU Extension Service
RAYMOND, Miss. -- Catfish producers impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic have the opportunity to provide the U.S. Department of Agriculture information on why they should be...
South Delta deserves pumps
Northside Sun, Jackson
South Delta deserves pumps
By Jeff North
How many times have you heard that the best predictor of the future is the past? Maybe the classic adage “history always repeats itself” aptly describes the phenomenon that we are still experiencing. The Bible describes pestilence...