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 SHINES LIGHT ON AMERICAN AG CRISIS, NEED FOR URGENT CONGRESSIONAL ACTION
HYDE-SMITH SHINES LIGHT ON AMERICAN AG CRISIS, NEED FOR URGENT CONGRESSIONAL ACTION
Miss. Senator Warns Not Acting Soon Means the Loss of Farms, Jobs, Rural Communities
VIDEO: Senator Hyde-Smith Outlines the Depth of Farm Crisis, Need for Congress to Act.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today cast a spotlight on the dire economic crisis facing American family farmers and the rural communities they support and called on Congress to act soon to meet the immediate and...
HYDE-SMITH BLASTS DEMOCRATS FOR REFUSING TO REOPEN THE GOVERNMENT
HYDE-SMITH BLASTS DEMOCRATS FOR REFUSING TO REOPEN THE GOVERNMENT
Following Successive Votes, Hyde-Smith Says Democrats Continue to Reject Common-sense Solutions in Favor of Political Games
VIDEO: Senator Hyde-Smith Addresses Ongoing Democratic Obstruction to Reopening the Government.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today sharply criticized Senate Democrats for voting repeatedly to reject a clean, bipartisan bill to reopen the federal government as the ongoing...
HYDE-SMITH REINTRODUCES EMERGENCY PINE BEETLE RESPONSE LEGISLATION
HYDE-SMITH REINTRODUCES EMERGENCY PINE BEETLE RESPONSE LEGISLATION
Bipartisan Legislation to Help Landowners, Communities, Industry Overcome Pine Beetle Infestations
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today reintroduced her bipartisan bill to help private landowners, timber cutting and hauling businesses, and local municipalities respond to forest-related disasters, including the pine beetle that has laid waste to vast swaths of southern forests.
The Emergency Pine...
Hyde-Smith Leads Senate Introduction of Roll-Over Prevention & Safety Act
Agriculture of America
Hyde-Smith Leads Senate Introduction of Roll-Over Prevention & Safety Act
By News Editor
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today led the Senate in introducing legislation to help protect farmers from fatal tractor rollovers through a U.S. Department...
Cotton industry deploys actions to ensure survival
Farm Progress
Cotton industry deploys actions to ensure survival
A sustainability campaign and expanding to new markets are just a couple ways cotton growers and organizations are trying to boost the industry.
By Ron Smith, Contributing Writer, Farm Progress
David Dunlow has grown cotton for 40...
Thompson: At least $10B in additional farm aid needed
Agri-Pulse
Thompson: At least $10B in additional farm aid needed
By Lydia Johnson
Congress needs to provide at least $10 billion in additional aid to farmers to supplement the $12 billion being provided by the Trump administration through its Farmer Bridge Assistance Program, says House...