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 STATEMENT ON TRUMP’S ‘ONE BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL ACT’ PASSAGE
HYDE-SMITH STATEMENT ON TRUMP’S ‘ONE BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL ACT’ PASSAGE
Senate Approves Massive Tax and Spending Cuts, Along with Major Border, Defense, and Agriculture Investments
VIDEO: Senator Hyde-Smith Statement on Senate Passage of Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today issued the following statement following her vote for Senate passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (HR.1), the budget reconciliation vehicle for expanding...
HYDE-SMITH GOES TO BAT FOR MSU FISH INNOVATION LAB, OMB DIRECTOR SAYS FUNDING ‘PROTECTED’
HYDE-SMITH GOES TO BAT FOR MSU FISH INNOVATION LAB, OMB DIRECTOR SAYS FUNDING ‘PROTECTED’
Appropriations Committee Conducts Hearing to Review White House Funding Rescissions Package
VIDEO: Senator Hyde-Smith Defends MSU Fish Innovation Lab as Good Use of Taxpayer Funding.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today won assurances that funding to continue the work of the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Fish at Mississippi State University would be protected as the...
HYDE-SMITH BACKS BILL TO BOOST BEGINNING FARMERS, MANUFACTURERS
HYDE-SMITH BACKS BILL TO BOOST BEGINNING FARMERS, MANUFACTURERS
Bipartisan Measure Would Modernize Outdated IRS Rules for Industrial Development, First-Time Farmer Bonds
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today announced her support for legislation to help beginning farmers and small-scale manufacturers by modernizing outdated rules that are hindering access to affordable capital.
Hyde-Smith is an original cosponsor of the Modernizing Agricultural and Manufacturing...
PRUDENTIAL REGULATION—Republican senators stress need for tailoring of Basel III, GSIB Surcharge proposals
Vital Law
PRUDENTIAL REGULATION—Republican senators stress need for tailoring of Basel III, GSIB Surcharge proposals
By Colleen M. Svelnis, J.D.
The senators asked the regulatory agencies to reevaluate its proposals with an approach that takes into consideration the farmers, ranchers, and energy...
Op-Ed: State of the Cattle Industry, Common Ground Coalition
Northern Ag Network
Op-Ed: State of the Cattle Industry, Common Ground Coalition
Op-Ed by Joe Goggins, Billings, MT
There is nothing worse than hearing your name drug through the mud when you and others have poured countless hours into meaningful efforts to uplift our industry and try to create a...
Common Ground group focuses on financing young ranchers, risk protection and more
Tri-State Livestock News
Common Ground group focuses on financing young ranchers, risk protection and more
By Carrie Stadheim
A dozen cattle and beef industry spokesman got together in Washington, D.C., in October, to discuss with a group of Senators and Congressional representatives their ideas...