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 TO CHAIR SENATE AGRICULTURE SUBCOMMITTEE
HYDE-SMITH TO CHAIR SENATE AGRICULTURE SUBCOMMITTEE
Hyde-Smith Subcommittee Assignments on Energy & Natural Resources Committee Also Set
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today announced that she has been named chairman of the Senate Agriculture’s Subcommittee on Commodities, Derivatives, Risk Management and Trade in the 119th Congress.
This subcommittee of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee oversees commodity programs, derivatives and digital...
HYDE-SMITH, AG COMMITTEE BEGIN WORK TO WRITE NEW FARM BILL
HYDE-SMITH, AG COMMITTEE BEGIN WORK TO WRITE NEW FARM BILL
Hyde-Smith Pushes for Stronger Commodity Safety Net to Overcome Farm Crisis
VIDEO: Senator Hyde-Smith Stresses Need to Invest in Commodity Safety Net in New Farm Bill.
VIDEO: Senator Hyde-Smith and Farm Bureau President Duvall Discuss the Importance of Protecting Access to Crop Protection Tools and Biotechnology Products.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today landed solidly on the side of farmers and...
HYDE-SMITH TO CHAIR SENATE TRANSPORTATION, HUD APPROPRIATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE
HYDE-SMITH TO CHAIR SENATE TRANSPORTATION, HUD APPROPRIATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE
Hyde-Smith Also Lands Military Construction-VA Spot, Will Serve on Six Subcommittees of Importance to Mississippi
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) was officially named as the new chairman of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (THUD) for the 119th Congress.
Hyde-Smith, in addition to chairing the THUD Appropriations...
Lawmakers, Farm Groups Praise Release of Economic Aid
Progressive Farmer
Lawmakers, Farm Groups Praise Release of Economic Aid
By Chris Clayton, DTN Ag Policy Editor @ChrisClaytonDTN
Lawmakers and farm groups offered their praise Tuesday for USDA announcing the signup for the Emergency Commodity Assistance Program (ECAP) while also noting their...
USDA: Farmers can apply Wednesday for economic disaster aid
The Hagstrom Report
USDA: Farmers can apply Wednesday for economic disaster aid
By JERRY HAGSTROM
Agriculture Department officials told reporters today that farmers can begin applying Wednesday for the $10 billion in economic disaster aid that Congress passed as part of an end-of-the-year funding...
Bill to strengthen rural water system resilience, disaster response reintroduced
Vicksburg Daily News
Bill to strengthen rural water system resilience, disaster response reintroduced
By Staff Reports
WASHINGTON (VDN) — U.S. Sens. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) have reintroduced the Rural Water System Disaster Preparedness and Assistance Act...