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, MARSHALL DROP BILL TO ALLOW ONLINE BEEF, POULTRY SALES ACROSS STATE LINES
HYDE-SMITH, MARSHALL DROP BILL TO ALLOW ONLINE BEEF, POULTRY SALES ACROSS STATE LINES
DIRECT Act Would Help Livestock Producers by Opening New Direct-to-Consumer Sales
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) has joined U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-Kan.) in introducing legislation to create new opportunities for online direct-to-consumer meat and poultry sales for producers, processors, and small meat markets.
HYDE-SMITH INTRODUCES ‘LABEL ACT’ TO REQUIRE CLEAR SEAFOOD LABELING
HYDE-SMITH INTRODUCES ‘LABEL ACT’ TO REQUIRE CLEAR SEAFOOD LABELING
Offered During National Seafood Month, Hyde-Smith Bill Aims to Strengthen Transparency for Consumers, Support U.S. Seafood Industry
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) on Tuesday introduced the Let Americans Buy with Explicit Labeling (LABEL) Act, legislation to ensure all seafood, whether wild-caught or farm raised, is clearly labeled with its country of origin and method of production.
The LABEL Act (...
HYDE-SMITH BLASTS SCHUMER’S ‘RECKLESS & DANGEROUS’ GAMES AS SHUTDOWN ENTERS FOURTH WEEK
HYDE-SMITH BLASTS SCHUMER’S ‘RECKLESS & DANGEROUS’ GAMES AS SHUTDOWN ENTERS FOURTH WEEK
Miss. Senator Says Republicans Ready to Work, Questions When Senate Democrats Will Be
VIDEO: Senator Hyde-Smith Knocks Senate Democrats as Government Shutdown Enters Fourth Week.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today castigated Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer for pulling “reckless and dangerous” political stunts instead of allowing Senators to vote to end a harmful federal...
USDA cattle plan: The agricultural agency unveils plan to reinvigorate cattle industry
The Fence Post
USDA cattle plan: The agricultural agency unveils plan to reinvigorate cattle industry
By Carrie Stadheim, Editor and Rachel Gabel, The Fence Post Assistant Editor
The US Department of Agriculture revealed a plan on Oct. 22, 2025, to “fortify” the American beef industry, strengthen...
Agriculture Secretary Rollins praised MSU’s ag tech, research during campus visit
Magnolia Tribune
Agriculture Secretary Rollins praised MSU’s ag tech, research during campus visit
Columnist Sid Salter writes that Mississippi’s over 31,290 farms and ranches generated over $9 billion in agricultural production in 2024.
By Sid Salter
The Washington headquarters of the U.S. Dept...
TRIBUTE TO PATRICK JOHNSON, JR.
TRIBUTE TO PATRICK JOHNSON, JR.
Congressional Record Vol. 168, No. 99
(Senate - June 9, 2022) PDF
Mrs. HYDE-SMITH. Madam President, I am pleased to commend Mr.
Patrick Johnson, Jr., of Tunica, MS, for his service and contributions
to the State of Mississippi while serving as the 86th president...
TAX INCREASES
TAX INCREASES
Congressional Record Vol. 167, No. 128
(Senate - July 21, 2021) PDF
Mrs. HYDE-SMITH. Mr. President, I appreciate the opportunity to join
a number of my colleagues representing farm States to sound the alarm
to the millions of rural Americans who will be harmed by proposed tax
ch...
NOMINATION OF TRACY STONE-MANNING (Executive Calendar)
NOMINATION OF TRACY STONE-MANNING (Executive Calendar)
Congressional Record Vol. 167, No. 131
(Senate - July 27, 2021) PDF
Mrs. HYDE-SMITH. Madam President, I rise to join my colleagues in
expressing my grave concern over the nomination of Ms. Tracy Stone-
Manning to be the Director of the...