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)


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Hyde-Smith Visits Grammy

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Hyde-Smith Visits Grammy
 
By Kevin Edwards

Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith stopped by Cleveland last week as part of her tour of Mississippi.

She visited the Grammy Museum Mississippi after spending the morning touring Clarksdale.

“We’re on a recess this week and I just wanted to get...

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Hyde-Smith: Money, work moving ahead on backwater pumps project

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Hyde-Smith: Money, work moving ahead on backwater pumps project

By John Surratt

Money is in place for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to begin meeting Environmental Protection Agency issues about the Steele Bayou Pump Project, U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith said Friday.

“On Feb. 10...

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